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XAH. Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), 09/03/2015.- The Solar Impulse Two plane taxis to takeoff for a trip around the world from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 09 March 2015. Solar Impulse 2 is the only solar single-seater airplane able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel. An attempt at the first circumnavigation of the earth in a solar-powered airplane began in Abu Dhabi with Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg at the controls, the team said. Borschberg will take turns with fellow Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard to fly the Solar Impulse 2 in a trip that will take them around the world in a dozen legs until early August. Their aircraft weighs only as much as a large car, but the wings span as wide as a large passenger jet, and are covered with solar panels that power four propellers. Borschberg and Piccard have said they would use self-hypnosis and yoga to endure the long solo flights and the extreme changes in temperature. The trip will take the Solar Impulse 2 to Oman, India, Myanmar and China. The plane will then cross the Pacific to Hawaii and on to the US mainland. Following a flight across the Atlanic and over the Mediterranean region, the pilots are planning to return to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. (Birmania, Suiza) EFE/EPA/ALI HAIDER BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY

TOPSHOTS The Solar Impulse 2, takes off from al-Bateen airport in Abu Dhabi as it heads to Muscat, on March 9, 2015, in the first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy. The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power launched on March 9 in Abu Dhabi in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy. AFP PHOTO / MARWAN NAAMANI

Pilot Andre Borschberg sits at the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 after it landed in the Omani capital Muscat on March 9, 2015 completing the initial leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world, in a test of its pilots' endurance. The aircraft touched down in Muscat after nightfall, 13 hours and two minutes after taking off from Abu Dhabi. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED MAHJOUB

Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard, wearing a traditional Omani turban, delivers a speech during an official welcome after Solar Impulse 2 landed in the Omani capital Muscat on March 9, 2015, completing the initial leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world, in a test of its pilots' endurance. The aircraft touched down in Muscat after nightfall, 13 hours and two minutes after taking off from Abu Dhabi. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED MAHJOUB

Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard (wearing a traditional Omani turban) and Andre Borschberg are congratulated after Solar Impulse 2 landed in the Omani capital Muscat on March 9, 2015, completing the initial leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world, in a test of its pilots' endurance. The aircraft touched down in Muscat after nightfall, 13 hours and two minutes after taking off from Abu Dhabi. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED MAHJOUB