News: Solar Impulse, first completely solar-powered plane, has its first flight

Coolest Gadgets has an article mentioning: "... by Mark R - on April 8th, 2010 >This mechanical phoenix that you see here is the Solar Impulse, and this completely solar-powered plane just completed its first flight this morning. The flight lasted 87-minutes long, and soared to 5,500 feet. During that time, it only achieved a top ..."

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