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One Day Without Sound, Solar Plane Lands in Lehigh Valley, Nutter Theater Dedication

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/26/16 1:31 am | updated: 05/26/16 1:31 am

Tuesday, May 31st marks the 3rd Annual "One Day Without Sound." It's a nationwide challenge designed to increase awareness about hearing loss. On "One Day Without Sound," Shawn Veight, a hearing instrument specialist with the Miracle Ear Foundation and others are urging people to wear a pair of earplugs or sound reducing headphones to realize how much we take sound for granted. And he hopes people will do something to prevent hearing loss.

A solar-powered airplane has landed in Pennsylvania, about 17 hours after it took off from the Ohio hometown of America aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 landed at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, the latest stop of its journey around the world. The plane took off from Dayton International Airport just after 4 a.m.

The aircraft traveled from Tulsa International Airport to Dayton last weekend. The planeâ€™s departure from Dayton was delayed from Monday as project officials checked for possible damage after fans that keep the mobile hangar inflated had a power failure.
The plane was expected to make at least one more stop in the United States â€” in New York â€” before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or northern Africa.
The globe-circling voyage began in March 2015 from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China and Japan.
The Solar Impulse 2â€™s wings, which stretch wider than those of a Boeing 747, are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries. The plane runs on stored energy at night.
Ideal flight speed is about 28 mph, although that can double during the day when the sunâ€™s rays are strongest.
The plane had a five-day trip from Japan to Hawaii The crew was forced to stay in Oahu, Hawaii, for nine months after the planeâ€™s battery system sustained heat damage on its trip from Japan.
Solar Impulse 2 then had a three-day trip from Hawaii to Californiaâ€™s Silicon Valley. Since then, it has made trips from northern California to Phoenix, Arizona, then on to Tulsa, Oklahoma, before heading to Ohio.
Project officials say the layovers give the two Swiss pilots â€” Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg â€” a chance to swap places and engage with local communities along the way so they can explain the project, which is estimated to cost more than $100 million.
The solar project began in 2002 to highlight the importance of renewable energy and the spirit of innovation.

A state-of-the-art theatre was dedicated to former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter during a gala Wednesday evening. The 600-seat Michael A. Nutter Theatre features G4 film screen, 4K cinema projector and 7.1 surround sound. Already announced is a film highlighting the Popeâ€™s visit to Philadelphia, that will be shown at the Nutter theatre in October of this year.

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