Solar powered plane flies over Mediterranean for its last rehearsal

Source: Zee News

London: A solar powered plane takes off for its “last rehearsal” before a round-the-world attempt in 2014. The Solar Impulse took off on the world's first cross-Mediterranean flight from an airfield in western Switzerland and is scheduled to make a stopo ...
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Pictures of solar-powered aircraft beginning milestone flight

Source: NetworkWorld

We've collected some Reuters photos taken yesterday of the sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse readying for takeoff from an airfield in Switzerland. The plane made it successfully to Madrid early this morning and ...
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Solar-powered plane attempts intercontinental flight

Source: Firstpost

Geneva Solar Impulse, the world's biggest solar-powered aircraft, took off from Switzerland Thursday for its first intercontinental flight to Morocco. The aircraft started its voyage at Payerne in western Switzerland, Xinhua re ...
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Source: Russia Today

A journalist checks radiation levels with her dosimeter near the crippled TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear plant 28, 2012 (Reuters/Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool) TEPCO’s new estimates suggest that its Fukushima reactor has released more t ...
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Solar Impulse charges into first intercontinental flight

Source: Russia Today

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Solar aircraft to make intercontinental attempt

Source: Radio New Zealand

A solar-powered aircraft will on Thursday attempt an intercontinental flight from Switzerland to Morocco without using a drop of fuel. The aircraft at the Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget airport last year. If ...
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