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Cargolux lands with first ever solar-powered aircraft

On Monday morning a Cargolux aeroplane landed at a military airport near Zurich with a special type of load: the first ever solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse.

05.08.2013

(MSS) On Monday morning a Cargolux aeroplane landed at a military airport near Zurich with a special type of load: the first ever solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse.

Propelled only by solar energy, Swiss made Solar Impulse successfully crossed the US from west to east. After the launch on May 3 in San Francisco, pilot Bertrand Piccard was the first to fly the plane to Phoenix, Arizona.