A solar powered plane that will be taken
on a round the world
journey in 2015 is set to make its inaugural flight today.
The Solar Impulse-2 will take off from Payerne
airfield in Switzerland.
It is a larger, upgraded version of the aircraft
that flew across America last year with adventurers Betrand Piccard and Andre
Borschberg at the controls.
The two men want to push the boundaries for
alternative energy and believe their plane can be a standard bearer.
The Solar Impulse 2 plane is as wide as a 747 jet
but weighs less than three tonnes.
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