Solar Impulse to attempt its longest, furthest flight yet
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Solar Impulse preparing for flight at the Paris Air Show in June 2011 (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Earlier this month André Borschberg completed a 72-hour non-stop simulated flight in a full-size mock-up to test the human stresses of continuous flying (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Solar Impulse flying at the Paris Air Show in June 2011 (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Solar Impulse flying at the Paris Air Show in June 2011 (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Solar Impulse flying at the Paris Air Show in June 2011 (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Earlier this month André Borschberg completed a 72-hour non-stop simulated flight in a full-size mock-up to test the human stresses of continuous flying (Photo: Solar Impulse)
Earlier this month André Borschberg completed a 72-hour non-stop simulated flight in a full-size mock-up to test the human stresses of continuous flying (Image: Solar Impulse)
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After its successful inaugural Paris-to-Brussels flight last year, the Solar Impulse solar-powered aircraft will attempt to fly all the way to Morocco in May or June of this year, a journey almost ten times the distance, and its furthest flight and as a close as it has yet come to a trial run of its round-the-world flight planned for 2014.
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