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Updated: 2011-04-18 22:02
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Ground staff prepare the solar-powered HB-SIA Solar Impulse prototype aircraft before a test flight at Payerne airport in Switzerland early morning April 18, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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Ground staff hold the solar-powered HB-SIA Solar Impulse prototype aircraft after a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. [Photo/Agencies] |
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