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                    [Title] => Solar plane pilots urge India to support clean energy drive
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The Swiss pilots of a solar-powered airplane on a historic round-the-world journey said yesterday that they want the people of India to support their campaign for clean energy, a day after the aircraft landed in the country.

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With its wings stretched wide to catch the sun's energy, a Swiss-made solar-powered aircraft took off from Abu Dhabi just after daybreak Monday in a historic first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fossil fuel.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-09 15:25:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155328 [AuthorName] => Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150309/mideast-solar-plane.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961944 [Title] => Solar Plane: Making clean tech sexy, adventurous [Summary] =>

In noisy, energetic New York City, the pilots of a spindly plane that looks more toy than jet hope to grab attention in a surprising way: By being silent and consuming little energy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-05 04:01:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1743093 [AuthorName] => Seth Borenstein [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5213/3s2m.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 590821 [Title] => Solar plane takes off for 24-hour test flight [Summary] =>

An experimental solar-powered plane whose makers hope to one day circle the globe using only energy collected from the sun took off for its first 24-hour test flight Wednesday. 

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At the pace of a fast bicycle, a solar-powered plane took to the skies for its maiden flight yesterday, passing an important test on the way to a historic voyage around the world — a journey that would not use a drop of fuel.

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Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard's team took its round-the-world solar plane prototype into the skies for the first time Wednesday, with four propellers lifting the massive craft off the ground at near bicycle speed.

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