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June 24, 2016

Plane Completes First Solar-Powered Flight over Atlantic
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And a single-seater plane has successfully completed the first-ever
solar-powered flight over the Atlantic. The plane, the Solar Impulse 2,
departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport early Monday and
arrived in Seville, Spain, Thursday after a 71-hour-and-8-minute
journey. Pilot Bertrand Piccard spoke out after the successful flight.

Bertrand Piccard: "The new world is the world of modern, clean
technologies, the world of respect for the environment, the world of
innovation, the world of pioneers. This is the world that Solar Impulse
and its team would like to represent, would like to promote. So we
really hope that this flight symbolizes the flight from the old world to
the new world."

Topics:Climate Change

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