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The plane making one of the biggest splashes at the Paris Air Show carries a grand total of one person and is often delayed because there's too much wind or too little sun.
A team of adventurers aiming to fly a solar-powered plane around the world by 2013 say they hope to take their prototype for a spin across Switzerland this weekend.

After 24 hours of flight, Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg landed the Solar Impulse, a plane powered solely by energy from the Sun.
Its 10,000 solar cells generate about 40 horsepower, "the same as a small motor scooter," Borschberg said in an interview in the plane's temporary hanger at Bourget airport, where the world's aviation industry is gathered for the biennial Paris Air Show.
"We achieved more than we wanted," Mr. Borschberg told reporters after landing. "Everybody is extremely happy."

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