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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 27 > Swiss team unveils solar-powered plane

Swiss team unveils solar-powered plane


June 27, 2009

DUEBENDORF AIRFIELD, Switzerland — It has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a small car. And it is powered entirely by the sun.

Adventurer Bertrand Piccard on Friday unveiled the Solar Impulse, which, with its sleek white wings and pink trimming, aims to make history as....

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