VIDEO: Solar Impulse 2 aloft on first stage of round-world voyage

Solar Impulse 2 takes off Abu Dhabi

​Solar Impulse, the Swiss-based initiative to demonstrate the power of advanced technologies to tackle global energy challenges, has finally begun its bid to fly round the world on solar power alone, taking off from Abu Dhabi at 0712 local time this morning for a 12hr, 400km first ...

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