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Added on the 20/06/2016 13:41:55 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.
Solar-powered plane completes first fuel-free flight around the globe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Solar Impulse 2 plane, powered solely by the sun begins the penultimate leg of its round-the-world journey departing from Seville. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 airplane has landed in Seville, Spain, after a three-day Atlantic crossing. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane on a historic bid to circle the globe takes off from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and flies to Dayton, Ohio, on the 12th leg of its journey. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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