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Submitted by shompa on Sat, 2009-12-05 17:16

After Debut, Solar Plane Set For Round-The-World Trip

Geneva: The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said.

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Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Air Transport
Energy
Switzerland
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Energy
Name of the Newspaper: 
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=CAP/2009/12/05&PageLabel=17&EntityId=Ar01700&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T
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Publication Date: 
05/12/2009