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Financial Times has an article mentioning: "... 8 2010 20:04 The race to make aircraft environmentally sustainable received a boost on Thursday after a Swiss group said it had flown a solar-powered aircraft through the night. The Solar Impulse aircraft, with the wingspan of a large passenger jet but the weight of a family car, flew for more than 26 hours ..."
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TopNews United Kingdom has an article mentioning: "... by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 13:42 Featured Science TNM Having completed its first 24-hour test flight, an investigational solar-powered plane has landed back safe and sound. The definitive aim of the makers to circle the globe using only energy from the sun, now appears to be a step closer ..."
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Tech Jackal has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered aircraft took off from an airport yesterday morning and flew all night using only the sun's energy. The plane flew just over 26 hours and reached a new ..."
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The Province has an article mentioning: "... It was also the longest and highest flight in the history of solar aviation, organisers said. Bertrand Piccard, the Swiss president of the project, best known for completing the first round-the-world flight in a hot air ..."
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IBTimes has an article mentioning: "... Impluse, a giant glider-like aircraft landed on Payerne air base in the northwestern canton of Vaud, Switzerland and became the first solar-powered aircraft to complete a night flight. It was also the longest and highest flight ever in the history of solar aviation, organizers said. Solar Impulse HB-SIA, ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... Posted on: Thursday, 8 July 2010, 12:05 CDT A solar-powered aircraft made the history books on Thursday after flying for 26 hours using the sun's energy alone. The experimental Solar Impulse aircraft landed at Payerne ..."
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SI.com has an article mentioning: "... SOLAR PLANE: An interacive shows video of the Solar-powered aircraft in flight and a timeline of milestones in solar-powered aviation, -international/solarplane. ..."
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InformationWeek has an article mentioning: "... InformationWeek July 8, 2010 05:10 PM In an effort to redefine the limits of renewable energy, a Swiss research group said their solar powered aircraft successfully completed an overnight flight Thursday thanks to its ability to store energy gathered during daylight hours. The four-engine Solar ..."
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Global Times has an article mentioning: "... Source: Global Times [01:58 July 09 2010] Comments The Solar Impulse experimental solar-powered aircraft makes a 26-hour flight Thursday, piloted by Andre Borschberg. Photo: AFP A giant glider-like aircraft has completed the first night flight propelled ..."
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The Guardian has an article mentioning: "... diesel and donkey polluted roads Tweet this Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk Sunday 18 July 2010 20.05 BST Creative engineering … the solar car built by students at Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron. Visitors to the West Bank town of Hebron this summer might find a strange-looking ..."
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Sustainability Ninja has an article mentioning: "... News Tidal Tidal News Transportation Transportation News Transportation Products Wind Wind News Wind Products Categorized | Solar Tags : solar plane solar power solar technology ..."
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Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... Friday, 9 th July, 2010 > A single-seat solar-powered plane has landed in Switzerland having flown at an altitude of 8,700m for twenty-six hours â€" the longest and highest flight recorded by a solar-powered ..."
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Plasteurope has an article mentioning: "... Search for suitable innovative high performance plastics and solutions The first successful day-and-night flight of a manned prototype solar-powered aircraft, "Solar Impulse HB-SIA" ( www.solarimpulse.com ), piloted by Swiss native André Borschberg , touched down safely in Switzerland on the morning of 8 ..."
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Ecofriend has an article mentioning: "... The Swiss team behind the Solar Impulse HB-SIA solar-powered aircraft has made a new record by flying over 24 hours powered exclusively by its onboard photovoltaic array. The airplane flew through the night in a record ..."
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NTDTV has an article mentioning: "... 2010-07-09 03:00 E-MAIL THIS Embed: After more than 26 hours in flight, the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse comes in for landing. > The plane's day-long flight in Switzerland successfully showed its ability to fly at night, as well ..."
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eWorld Post has an article mentioning: "... Recently, in Switzerland the test flight of the solar powered aircraft has begun for a scale of 24 hours. This solar powered aircraft is expected to revolve around the globe one day and for this, the work is in progress. ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... It is a completely solar-powered plane built in Switzerland. Not long after taking its first flight (in December, 2009) the plane has now just set a new record by being the first ..."
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Apex News Network has an article mentioning: "... The super slim Solar Impulse is a solar powered aircraft that has just completed its first one day long test flight. It managed to stay up in the air above Switzerland by collecting energy from the sun ..."
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eWeek has an article mentioning: "... A celebration is underway in Switzerland as the first pilot to fly a solar-powered plane through the night lands safely. The project, Solar Impulse, also includes plans for a round-the-world flight. var addtoMethod=1; var AddURL = ..."
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CalFinder has an article mentioning: "... the Solar Impulse , an airplane designed to circumnavigate the globe, successfully completed the first ever manned overnight flight by a solar-powered aircraft . The plane and its sole pilot, Andre Borschberg, landed safely at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, securing a place in the annals of aviation history, ..."
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