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Pioneers of solar aviation: the journey of the Solar Impulse

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February 9, 2024

Flight driven only by the sun is very difficult for longer distances. In 2016, a Swiss team fulfilled an ambitious dream. The Solar Impulse became the first fully solar-powered plane to circumnavigate the globe.

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