No fuel airplane

Solar Impulse is the first airplane of its kind to fly both during the night and day as the solar panels charge the batteries for night flying. (Solar Impulse)

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This content was published on Jun 6, 2012 “It was perhaps the most beautiful flight of my life, I have dreamed since I was a child of flying without using fuel,” said Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard, who has already circumnavigated the world by balloon, on arrival at Rabat’s International airport. The single-seat aircraft is fitted with 12,000 solar cells across its dragonfly-like wings…

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