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Solar-powered plane completes 1,700 km flight in Russia

An experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries is seen on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. [Photo/IC]

Fyodor Konyukhov, a Russian explorer, and Sergei Ryabchinsky, head of the Federation of Gliding Sport of Russia, arrived on the aircraft to Crimea from the Moscow region, completing a 1,700-kilometer flight, which included an overnight stopover.

The aircraft is a solar-powered plane which landed at Tabasco Airfield in Crimea to reach its final destination.

People look at the experimental light aircraft equipped with Russian-made solar batteries on Tabasco Airfield near Yevpatoria, Crimea. [Photo/IC]

The flight was expected to take seven days but the organizers had added three more days in case of bad weather.

The Flying Laboratory plane, with a wingspan of 25 meters and a weight of only 900 kilograms, was equipped with flexible solar panels produced in Russia and energy accumulating systems.

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