Solar Plane
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Round-the-world solar plane suspends flight
World | Jul 16, 2015, 08:19 AM ISTGeneva: The world's largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, was forced to push back the second half of it's round-the-world flight to early spring 2016 due to irreversible damage to overheated batteries, the team behind
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Solar plane takes off for Hawaii from Japan
World | Jun 29, 2015, 10:17 AM ISTTokyo: The Swiss-made solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, on Monday started its second bid at a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean.According to sources, the solar plane took off from Nagoya Airfield in Japan at
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What the solar aircraft going round the world want to teach us
India | Mar 18, 2015, 12:17 PM ISTThe Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) circumnavigating the world isn't doing it without a purpose. The aircraft powered with sun's energy and without a single drop of fuel is an utter hard slog of 12 long
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Solar plane pilots do Yoga to energise during long flights
India | Mar 13, 2015, 09:34 AM ISTAhmedabad: As the fuel-free aeroplane Solar Impulse-2 gets energy from the sun, its pilots energise themselves by doing yoga to remain mentally and physically fit during their long flight hours.For pilots Andre Borschberg and Bertrand
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Know everything about the solar plane whirling across the globe
India | Mar 11, 2015, 10:00 AM ISTSolar Impulse 2 (Si2), the world's first solar flight circumventing the globe without a drop of fuel, landed in Ahemdabad on Tuesday night after a delay of two days.The plane will stop at 12 major
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Solar plane makes inaugural flight in Switzerland, set to fly around world
World | Jun 02, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTLondon: A revolutionary solar-powered plane, that will try to fly around the world next year, has successfully made its inaugural test flight in Switzerland.The Solar Impulse 2 vehicle lifted off from Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland