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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Deteriorating weather conditions have forced the Solar Impulse team of Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg to fly the HB-SIA aircraft to Toulouse in France rather than chance a straight flight home to Payerne, Switzerland. The plane, with Piccard at the helm, took off from Madrid, Spain at 5:36 a.m. (local time) this morning (July 17) and should land at Toulouse-Francazal airport around 8:00 p.m. this evening. Solar Impulse...