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• http://www.bbc.comA solar-powered plane that is attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean is encountering its first weather front.
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A solar-powered plane that is attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean is encountering its first weather front.
A solar-powered plane that is attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean is encountering its first weather front.
ndonesian officials say at least 70 people were killed when a military transport plane crashed into a residential neighborhood on the island of Sumatra.
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Rescuers with heavy machinery searched a shattered residential neighborhood Tuesday for any survivors from an Indonesian air force transport plane that crashed shortly after takeoff and killed more than 70 people.
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Last week we reported that the Solar Impulse 2 could be grounded for up to a year if the experimental solar-powered airplane missed its window to take off across the Pacific Ocean.
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Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the world's first solar-powered plane able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel, says a weather window has been identified and André Borschberg -- CEO, cofounder, and pilot of Solar Impulse -- will attempt to embark
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Poor weather conditions force solar-powered plane to make detour to Nagoya during attempted flight from China to Hawaii
Pilot André Borschberg is about to fly solo from Nanjing, China to Hawaii in a cramped, cold, solar-powered plane, the Solar Impulse 2. Solar Impulse is currently streaming today's takeoff, which has been delayed several times due to inclement weath
Nanjing (China) (AFP) - The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Sunday for a six-day flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun.
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