Solar Plane Makes Maiden International Flight

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Submitted by csekiran on Mon, 2011-05-16 16:32

A solar energy plane made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel.

The Solar Impulse took off from an airfield at Payerne in western Switzerland on Friday morning and landed at Brussels airport after a 13-hour flight.

"The objective is to demonstrate what we can do with existing technology in terms of renewable e

Name of the Newspaper: 
Planet Ark (Australia)
thesaurus: 
Air Transport
Solar Energy
Air Pollution
Renewable Energy
Solar Cells
Main Topic: 
Energy
Author: 
Christopher Le Coq
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Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/62015
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Publication Date: 
16/05/2011