News 2015

10 Mar 2015 

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has completed its first leg

The solar-powered aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from Abu Dhabi, heading east to Muscat in Oman on 9 Mar 2015. Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. "And there we are... confirmation we're down. Solar Impulse has touched the ground," a flight controller said as the plane's wheels touched the tarmac. The plan is stop off at various locations around the globe, to rest and to carry out maintenance, and also to spread a campaigning message about clean technologies. 

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Solar plane journey's first leg ends