Solar plane journey's first leg ends
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has completed its first leg.
The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from Abu Dhabi, heading east to Muscat in Oman.
With businessman and pilot Andre Borschbeg at the controls, the aircraft touched down in Oman at 16:14 GMT after a 12-hour flight.
Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
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Pushing the limits of solar, battery, motor control, and weather prediction technology to fly around the world is a fascinating goal.
It's not my idea of fun, I don't like heights or flying, and the plane looks fragile for rough weather, but it ought to make people think about the capabilities of solar-electric transportation.
I've seen some really nice electric bicycles and hybrid wind/solar sailing vessels.