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Solar Plane Makes Round-the-World Flight

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, August 1, 2016 — Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg achieved the first ever round-the-world solar flight in the Solar Impulse 2 zero-emission electric and solar airplane. “This is not only a first in the history of aviation, it’s before all a first in the history of energy,” Piccard said. “I’m sure that within 10 years we’ll see electric airplanes transporting 50 passengers on short to medium haul flights. But it’s not enough. The same clean technologies used on Solar Impulse could be implemented on the ground in our daily life to divide...Read full article

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    Published: August 2016
    BusinessEuropeenergyaerospaceSwitzerlandpeopleBertrand PiccardAndré Borschbergsolarsolar planSolar Impulse

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