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Solar Impulse 2, an airplane powered by solar energy, landed in Egypt on Wednesday, the penultimate stop in the first fuel-free flight around the globe.
Solar Impulse 2, powered solely by energy from the sun, lands in Cairo on its penultimate leg of the first ever fuel-free round-the-world flight. Rough cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Solar Impulse 2, powered solely by energy from the sun, lands in Cairo on its penultimate leg of the first ever fuel-free round-the-world flight. Rough cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
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 Impulse 2 lands in the UAE, completing its epic journey to become the first sun-powered airplane to circle the globe without a drop of fuel to promote renewable energy. IMAGES
The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for the penultimate stop in the solar-powered plane's world tour, two days after setting off from Spain. IMAGES
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