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Solar Impulse Si2 airplane: from Abu Dhabi to round-the world without fuel (VIDEOs)

Abu Dhabi, UAE - Unveiled the route that will touch two oceans and four continents

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the Swiss co-founders and pilots of Solar Impulse, along with their Partners, today revealed the detailed global flight route of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2). The first solar-powered plane able to fly day and night will land in 12 legs across the world and travel 35,000 kilometers in the first attempt to fly around the globe without fuel. For pilots Piccard and Borschberg,...

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Rome, Italy, 01/20/2015 13:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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