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Solar-powered plane to make coast-to-coast US tour in scientific first

2013-03-28 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The creators of the world's first solar-powered plane have announced it will fly across the United States in a coast-to-coast showcase of the experimental technology. The Solar Impulse, which has a wingspan longer than a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a car, is due to take off from San Francisco in May and spend two months hop-scotching across US cities until ending its tour in New York in July. The announcement was made on Thursday at a news conference at Moffett airfield, near San Francisco....

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