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Solar powered plane finishes journey, lands in NYC

2013-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A solar-powered aircraft completed the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight Saturday night, gliding to a smooth stop at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Solar Impulse touched down at JFK at 11:09 p.m., completing the final leg of the cross-continental journey that started in California in early May. For Saturday's final leg, the aircraft left Dulles International Airport a little before 5 a.m. The flight plan for the revolutionary plane, powered by some 11,000...

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Solar Impulse ends journey early due to rip in wing

2013-07-07 07:51:16| CNET News.com

A fabric rip causes the solar-powered plane to complete the last leg of its historic flight three hours earlier than scheduled. [Read more]

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Solar plane lands in New York, completing U.S. journey

2013-07-07 05:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago. The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. The experimental aircraft had left Dulles International Airport outside Washington for its last leg...

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