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Solar plane attempts the first around-the-world flight video

2015-03-09 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Swiss-built solar plane, Solar Impulse 2, departs from Abu Dhabi in an attempt at the first around-the-world, solar-powered flight. The single-seater aircraft will be piloted alternately by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. Last year, Piccard said, 'It's not the easiest way to fly around the world, but probably the most spectacular to attract awareness'

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Solar-powered Swiss plane attempts flight around world

2015-03-09 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Al Jazeera: A Swiss solar-powered plane has taken off from Abu Dhabi, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. The Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Andre Borschberg of Switzerland, took off at 7:12am local time (0412 GMT) on Monday from the UAE's Al-Bateen airport and headed to Muscat, the capital of Oman, where it is expected to land later after the first leg of the journey. The developers say the aim is to create awareness about replacing "old polluting technologies...

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Solar Impulse 2 gears up for round-the-world solar-powered flight

2015-03-05 22:42:50| Extremetech

Solar Impulse 2 is ready to start is round-the-world flight, and it won't need a drop of fuel to do it.

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PPG Foundation Donates $10,000 to Frontiers of Flight Museum

2015-03-04 02:09:29| Chemicals - Topix.net

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas to support a new science, technology, engineering and math education program for 6th- through 12th-grade students from two public all-girls schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The grant for the Young Women's STEM Leadership Initiative was made on behalf of PPG Industries' Dallas-area aerospace application support center in Grand Prairie, Texas.

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PPG Foundation Donates $10,000 to Frontiers of Flight Museum

2015-03-03 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News

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