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Solar Impulse 2 is ready to fly around the world
The solar-powered Solar Impulse has the same wingspan as a Boeing 747, but weighs only a small car.
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Solar powered engines are torn
A long tear in the wing caused the Solar Impulse landing plane earlier than planned on the last US crossing.
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Solar powered aircraft landed in Washington
Solar Impulse, the name of the plane, landed at Dulles International Airport outside the city of Washington at 12:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, AP reported.
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Robot simulates the seagull
Festo has introduced a seagull bird, weighing 450g but with a wingspan of 1.96m, was named SmartBird.
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Launching solar plane
The plane runs entirely in sunlight, with wingspan equivalent to the Boeing 747 passenger aircraft but only less than a small car.