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Solar Impulse airplane: Abu Dhabi named host city for the first round-the-world flight

New York, Usa - Masdar host partner in this pioneering venture

Abu Dhabi, capital city of the United Arab Emirates, will be the start and finish of the first solar-powered flight around the world, which Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are planning to undertake in March 2015 with Solar Impulse 2 (Si2). Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, is the host partner of Solar Impulse airplane. The team will be hosted by Masdar and Abu Dhabi at the start of...

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Rome, Italy, 09/26/2014 15:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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