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After a Long Delay, Solar Impulse 2 Is Ready to Finish Its Round-the-World Flight
Solar Impulse 2 ,the solar-powered airplane sidelined last year midway through a pioneering trip around the world, is finally taking flight again. Sometime next week, Bertrand Piccard will climb into the single seat, featherweight aircraft and take off from Oahu’s Kalaeloa Airport, bound for North America. Piccard and his fellow Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg have been grounded since July, when their most impressive flight—a five-day...
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