Hello. A swiss plane has taken off from abu dhabi on the firstever attempt to fly around the world using only the energy of the sun. The Solar Impulse ii could take five months to complete the 12 stages of the flight crisscrossing continents while spreading the word about clean technology. Its a pretty impressive project with some even more impressive figures. Lets show you a two. Two pilots will take it in turns to fly the singleseater plane on the 35,000 kilometer journey. The Solar Impulse ii has a wingspan of 72 meters larger than that of a boeing 747. Built into the wings, more than 17,000 ultraefficient solar cells, which transfer energy to four electrical motors powering the planes propellers. The pilots will have to stay awake for most of their time in the air. They are being allowed naps of just 20 minutes, confined in a cockpit thats not much bigger than a phone box. Mark lobel watched the launch in abu dhabi. Reporter preparing for the ride of their lives. The moment the swi
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Turning quite chilly. Driving the force over the next few days is this mass of cloud, a strong jet stream overhead, area of low pressure and you could see 100 miles prayer wins attached to that, locally staying in the atlantic but it will have an influence in throwing cloud our way tonight, turning later by the end of the night in northern ireland, wales and the south west. Elsewhere, evening showers made under cold night, a touch of frost in scotland and Northern England for tomorrow morning. If you start with the sunshine tomorrow, you will finish with a cloud and rain, if you start with a cloud and rain, if you start with a cloud in the rain, south west england, wales and northern ireland, the sun will come out later but with a few showers. The sun will push its way northwards and eastwards, never quite gets to the far east of scotland, used a driest and brightest to read but because we start on a chilly note, temperatures will struggle to rise, 9 11 for many, 15 in the south east c
Those who cant get out. David sillito, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres louise lear. What more can you want full if you are taking a four laggard friends out . Most of us enjoying mother natures beauty at the moment but in the north there is quite a lot of cloud around, just like we had yesterday. You can seejust cloud around, just like we had yesterday. You can see just how much sunshine there is, even stretching into eastern scotland. North west of the great plan is for cloud, which is producing drizzle and gusts in excess is producing drizzle and gusts in excess of a0 miles an hour. Elsewhere, pretty much what you have got at the moment. More than a breeze in the south west. Temperatures are responding. In the south west 15 degrees. Sheltered eastern area should see temperatures peaking in the high teens. Tonight the cloud in scotland were filter its way down in the north of england and the north of ireland. Elsewhere and the north of ireland. Elsewhere a quiet night