Solar Plane Completes Historic Round-the-World Flight

The Solar Impulse 2 has become the first plane to complete a round-the-world trip powered only by the sun's energy.  This Swiss engineered plane on Tuesday landed in Abu Dhabi, from where it first took off on an epic 40,000-kilometer journey that began more than a year ago. The solar plane made 16 stops around the world without using a drop of fuel. "Our mission now is to continue to motivate people, corporations and governments to use these same solutions on the...

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