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Next April European presentation of "Solar Impulse" airplane

Brussels, Belgium - Scheduled for 2011 the first world tour by a solar energy powered airplane

The project "Solar Impulse", solar energy powered airplane, will be presented next April 9th by two eminent personalities of the European Union: the vice-president of the Commission Jacques Barrot and the European parliamentarian, the French Christine de Veyrac. The designer, Bertrand Piccard, explained: "The challenge this time is to influence the history of air transportation by exploiting new...

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Rome, Italy, 03/05/2008 17:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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