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The Solar Impulse 2 airplane flew into an Abu Dhabi sunrise on Monday to begin the first leg of what the $150 million project’s backers hope will be the first round-the-world flight powered by nothing but the sun.
Swiss engineer Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seater plane for the Abu Dhabi-to-Oman flight, which began at about 7:12 a.m. local time (11:12 p.m. ET Sunday). The takeoff from Abu Dhabi’s Al Bateen Executive Airport was 40 minutes late, due to technical glitches that the flight team had to resolve.
Solar Impulse 2’s round-the-world odyssey follows up on 2013’s flight across America, which was accomplished by a prototype predecessor. This upgraded plane has a wingspan wider than a Boeing 747, and yet it weighs about as much as a family car. Solar Impulse 2 is equipped with more than 17,000 solar cells and more…
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