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First round-the-world solar flight

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Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg will attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane, in a bid to prove that such a flight is possible without the use of fossil fuels.

Added on the 09/02/2015 20:32:05 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media

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