The Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits on the tarmac at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington after its maiden flight, December 15, 2009. (Reuters) In the Boeing company’s aircraft factory of the future, 3-D engineering designs work with robots that talk to each...

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Mission réussie pour l'avion Solar Impulse 2, qui a atterri à Mascate (Oman), après treize heures de vol La première étape de son tour du monde à l'énergie solaire est bouclée. L'avion Solar Impulse 2 (SI2) a atterri à Mascate, capitale d'Oman, à 17h...,...

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A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane is set to get under way on Monday. The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - will take off from Abu Dhabi and head east, first to Oman, and then to India. Over the next five months,...

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WHAT IS SOLAR IMPULSE ? The only airplane of perpetual endurance, able to fly day and night on solar power, without a drop of fuel. Our challenge is to attempt the First Round-The-World Solar Flight in 2015. A way for Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg...

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