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Solar plane touches down in Mandalay
The first round-the-world solar powered flight landed in Mandalay, Burma, on Thursday night on the third-leg of its five-month journey of 35,000 kilometres.
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Solar-powered plane circles globe, returns to UAE
A solar-powered aircraft successfully completes the first fuel-free flight around the world after an epic 16-month voyage.
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Solar Flight: remaining journey postponed till 2016
The team of Solar Impulse say they have been unable to repair the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Japan to Hawaii.
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Solar Impulse touches down after historic journey
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed a historic flight, touching down in Hawaii on Friday after the most arduous leg of its journey.
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Solar Impulse takes off on historic pan-Pacific flight
The single-seat aircraft finally takes off from Japan en route to Hawaii on a momentous 120-hour journey powered only by solar energy.
Solar Impulse 2 makes unplanned stop in Japan
Pilot Andre Borschberg was en route to Hawaii when he was forced to land at Nagoya airport late on Monday night.
Solar Impulse readies for pan-Pacific leg
Pilot Andre Borschberg awaits the green light to navigate a solar-powered aircraft on the seventh leg of a journey around the world. The Solar Impulse II will take off from Nanjing in China[…]
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Round-the-world flight leaves behind solar legacy
The Solar Impulse team announces the initiation of a scheme that aims to bring electricity to 3,500 households in rural parts of Mandalay Division.
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Solar Impulse leaves Burma to take on the world
Solar Impulse 2 took off from Mandalay early on Monday and headed for China’s Chongqing, the fifth flight of a landmark journey to circumnavigate the globe powered solely by the sun.
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Next stop, Mandalay: Solar flight en route to Burma
After leaving India’s holy city of Varanasi, pilot Bertrand Piccard is due to land in Mandalay on Thursday evening.
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Solar Impulse lands in India – next stop Mandalay
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Ahmedabad, completing the first major sea leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world.
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Solar Impulse en route to India
Solar Impulse 2 completes the journey from Abu Dhabi to Oman, the first leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world.
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First round-the-world solar flight takes off
Swiss-piloted Si2 leaves Abu Dhabi on its first leg to Muscat. It will head to India, before flying to Mandalay powered only by the sun’s rays.
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POLL: Should Burma invest in ‘clean’ energies?
As Solar Impulse 2 stops over in Mandalay, DVB want to know if our readers feel the pilots’ message of a “clean” future is relevant to Burma.
Around the world on sunlight
A futuristic plane will make its way to Manadalay, as two pilots attempt the first ever around the world flight by a solar powered aircraft.
