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Solar Impulse 2 completes 70 hour transatlantic solar powered flight
Fp Archives •The experimental Solar Impulse 2 plane landed in Spain on Thursday morning, after completing a 70-hour journey from New York powered only by sunlight.
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 flies by Statue of Liberty, lands in New York
•Solar Impulse 2 circled the statue and cruised along the Manhattan skyline before turning back south for the landing at Kennedy International Airport.
Solar Impulse completes latest leg on record-breaking flight
•The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft landed in the US state of Pennsylvania Wednesday, completing the latest leg of a record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy.
People of the Sun: Solar Impulse 2 completes three-day 'test of human endurance'
•The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, on Saturday night following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight from Hawaii without fuel
Solar powered airplane takes off from Varanasi: Next stop, Myanmar
Fp Archives •A solar-powered airplane on a round-the-world journey took off Thursday from the northern Indian town of Varanasi and was headed for its next stop in Myanmar.
World's first solar-powered plane's pilot plays down criticism of Indian red-tape by colleague
Fp Archives •One of the pilots of the solar powered plane Solar Impulse-2 on Wednesday sought to play down the the criticism by his colleague.
World's first solar plane's take-off from Ahmedabad delayed due to red-tape, alleges pilot
Fp Archives •A pilot who is trying to make history by flying a solar-powered plane around the world launched an angry attack on Indian bureaucracy.
World's first solar-powered plane takes off for Varanasi from Ahmedabad
Fp Archives •The world's only 'zero-fuel' aircraft 'Solar Impulse-2' took off from Ahmedabad for the holy city of Varanasi as a part of its round-the-world trip.
Solar-powered plane lands in Ahmedabad on second leg of world trip
Fp Archives •A Swiss-made solar powered aircraft landed in Ahmedabad on Tuesday night, completing the second leg of its world trip.
Solar Impulse 2, the plane fuelled by the sun's power, lands in Ahmedabad
Fp Staff •The Swiss-built solar aircraft Solar Impulse 2 took off from Muscat in Oman earlier on Tuesday and landed in Ahmedabad. Here are the photos.