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Solar Impulse Takes Off For Morocco On First Sun-powered Transcontinental Flight
engadget.com 3 days, 17 hours agoThe sun-powered Solar Impulse plane is gradually working up to a trip around the globe, with the most recent benchmark being its first international flight in 2011. Now Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are taking the jumbo jet-size plane on its first transcontinental journey. The Solar Impulse set off for Morocco today, and its pilots will stop in Madrid along the way. The goal is to complete the 1,554-mile trip by next week, and the big challenge will be crossing cloudy regions like the Pyrenees mount
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Solar Plane Begins 1St Transcontinental Flight
seattletimes.nwsource.com 4 days, 2 hours agoAn experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.















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