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Bertrand Piccard lands the solar-powered plane Solar Impluse 2 at the Al-Bateen airport in Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on March 2, 2015<br>� AFP [http://Www.Bing.com/search?q=Marwan%20Naamani&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=Marwan%20Naamani Marwan Naamani]<br><br><br><br><br>Abu Dhabi (AFP) - A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative energy. <br><br>Organisers hope that Solar Impulse 2 may head off around the globe as early as Saturday but caution that the launch is dependent on the weather, even in the relatively cloudless Gulf. <br><br>The hour-long test flight was the plane's third from the UAE capital Abu Dhabi's small Al-Bateen airport, but the first for Solar  [https://www.myanmartour.com/adventure_myanmar_tours_tl302.html myanmar biking tours] Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard, the descendant of a family of Swiss scientist-adventurers. <br><br>The pilot reported no problems, mission chiefs said.<br><br>The project  [https://www.myanmartour.com/adventure_myanmar_tours_tl302.html Myanmar Adventure Tours] is the fruit of 13 years of research and testing by Piccard and Andre Borschberg, two Swiss pilots whose idea was initially ridiculed by the aviation industry.