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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 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 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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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.
