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bananas

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Mon Mar 9, 2015, 08:53 PM Mar 2015

Applause at solar plane's first-leg landing in Oman

Source: BBC

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has completed its first leg.

The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from Abu Dhabi, heading east to Muscat in Oman.

With pilot Andre Borschbeg at the controls, the aircraft touched down in Oman at 16:14 GMT after a 12-hour flight.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31805980

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Applause at solar plane's first-leg landing in Oman (Original Post) bananas Mar 2015 OP
Very cool.... almost up there with watching the Voyager fly around the world non-stop groundloop Mar 2015 #1
I did this feat in Kerbal Space Program (using the KAX mod) once. Gore1FL Mar 2015 #2
12 hour flight for adieu Mar 2015 #3
 

adieu

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3. 12 hour flight for
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:11 PM
Mar 2015

a distance that would take a car 5 hours to travel.

But still, baby steps. Baby steps.

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