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The world's largest solar powered aircraft flies around the world for the first time

the world's largest solar powered aircraft flew around the world for the first time. The world's largest solar powered aircraft, sunshine power, took off from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the 9th, and began its first round the world flight.

After taking off, sunshine power 2 will fly eastward through the Arabian Sea, India, Myanmar, the mainland, the Pacific, the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, southern Europe and North Africa, before returning to Abu Dhabi in July 2015, according to Xinhua.

On March 9, 2015, after the solar powered aircraft successfully took off from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the staff applauded at the "sunshine power" project control center in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Solar aircraft pilot Andrea Andrea, a solar powered aircraft pilot, takes part in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on March 9, 2015