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Swiss solar plane flying high in crucial test (AP)

July 7th, 2010

The experimental aircraft 'Solar Impulse' takes off with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard from Payerne's Swiss airbase on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 on the first attempt to fly around the clock fueled by nothing but the energy of the sun. A Swiss team planning to eventually circle the globe in a solar-powered plane has started a 24-hour test flight that aims to keep the aircraft operating through the night on stored energy collected from the sun.(AP Photo/Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool)AP - An experimental solar-powered plane took off from western Switzerland on Wednesday for a 24-hour test flight — a key step in a historic effort to one day circle the globe using only energy collected from the sun.


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