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May 24, 2012 05:33 pm PDT

Solar-powered airplane "Solar Impulse" attempts transcontinental flight

Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse A Solar Impulse aircraft takes off at Payerne airport May 24, 2012, piloted by Andr Borschberg. The Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype aircraft, which has 12,000 solar cells built into its jumbo-jet-sized wings (about 200 feet long), attempted its first intercontinental flight from Switzerland to Morocco with a few days for a technical [...]


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