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Solar Impulse's airplane project to sail before the wind

Berne, Switzerland - The Swiss Minister, Leuenberger, affirms it

Solar Impulse, the project of airplane powered with solar energy, continues to sail before the wind. The Federal Councillor, Moritz Leuenberger, has verified personally today it, on the occasion of a visit at Dübendorf's airport where the prototype of solar airplane, HB-SIA, is in construction's phase. The promoters of the Solar Impulse project, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, have informed t...

fra/pec - 1096385
Rome, Italy, 11/10/2008 18:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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