Swiss make 1st test of round-the-world solar plane

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 07:28 in Astronomy & Space

(AP) -- 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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