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Solar Impulse 2 takes off for 16-hour flight to India

The solar-powered plane is attempting to be the first such aircraft circle the globe. Ref. Source 4

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Solar Impulse touches down in Hawaii after record-breaking flight

The record-setting flight of Solar Impulse 2 finished the eighth leg of its journey. Ref. Source 6k

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Round-the-world plane suspends journey until 2016 after battery damage

A team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world said Wednesday it is suspending the journey in Hawaii after the plane suffered battery damage during its record-breaking flight to the islands. The Solar Impulse team said in a news release that it will continue the attempt to circumvent the globe, but irreversible damage caused by overheating batteries has grounded the flight until at least April. Ref. USAToday

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Solar plane lands in Calif. After Pacific flight

An experimental plane flying around the world without a single drop of fuel landed in California yesterday after a two-and-a-half day flight across the Pacific. "It's a new era. It's not science fiction. It's today," said the Swiss pilot, explorer and psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard. Ref. Source 6u.

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Solar plane completes global trip

Solar Impulse becomes first solar-powered aircraft to circle the globe after landing in Abu Dhabi. Ref. BBC.