Solar Impulse Make First Runway Test (Picture-7094808)

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DUBENDORF, SWITZERLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Workers prepare the Solar Impulse airplane HB-SIA for a first runway test on November 19, 2009 in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard, psychatrist and aeronaut, who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight, and CEO and former fighter pilot André Borschberg plan a round-the-world flight, driven only by solar energy, for 2012. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

BENEDICT, MD - FEBRUARY 09: Loader operator Charles Thomas dumps road salt into a truck on February 9, 2010 in Benedict, Maryland. The Benedict area, which is recovering from a major snow storm that left up to two feet of snow in some locations, is expecting at least another foot of snow by Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waits to be introduced during an event on fighting childhood obesity at the State Dining Room of the White House February 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. The first lady announced the 'Let s Move' campaign, a national goal to combat the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WOODLAND HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 9: The Anthem Blue Cross headquarters is seen after the health insurer began informing its individual policyholders of rate hikes up to 39 percent to take effect at the beginning of March, on February 9, 2010 in Woodland Hills, California. Anthem Blue Cross, which has the highest number of individual customers in California, raised rates by as much as 68 percent in 2009. Health insurance companies in California can legally raise their rates at any time by as much and as they want. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 09: Haitian earthquake survivor Valerie Valsaint, 10, suffering from a severely broken leg, awaits take-off of a U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo plane bound for Tampa, FL. on February 9, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The military, which suspended flights briefly more than a week ago, has been evacuating Haitian children, accompanied by an escort, as well as adults to U.S. hospitals for severe injuries which not not be properly treated in Haiti. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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DUBENDORF, SWITZERLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Workers prepare the Solar Impulse airplane HB-SIA for a first runway test on November 19, 2009 in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard, psychatrist and aeronaut, who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight, and CEO and former fighter pilot André Borschberg plan a round-the-world flight, driven only by solar energy, for 2012. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

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