Africa - Voice of America: Solar Plane Flies Over Moroccan Desert in Toughest Challenge Yet

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Solar Plane Flies Over Moroccan Desert in Toughest Challenge Yet Jun 13th 2012, 15:37 The world's first solar-powered plane to make an intercontinental flight is attempting an even greater challenge as it flies through the mountainous and desert climate of Morocco. The experimental Solar Impulse plane took off from the Moroccan capital, Rabat, at 8 a.m. local time (0700 UTC) Wednesday, with Swiss pilot and businessman Andre Borschberg at the controls. The plane was heading south toward the city of Ouarzazate as part of Morocco's plan to launch the world's ... Media files: 7C53D579-50D1-471F-BC67-445A1B99BEBB_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB) Notice: Undefined variable: idx in /opt/blogtrottr/lib/templates/Output/EmailSingle/htmlpart.phtml on line 68

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