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- World’s First Plane Made Out of Hemp Flies High Next Year Tue, 21 Oct 14, 11:00pmDespite an ongoing controversy in parts of the world, hemp is widely used in a large variety of applications, including soap, clothing, building supplies and fuel...
- INTERVIEW: GrabCAD Looks Under the Hood of the New Solar Impulse 2 Airplane Fri, 6 Jun 14, 7:00amEarlier this week Inhabitat reported that the Solar Impulse 2 launched its maiden flight in preparation for its record-breaking sun-powered trip around the world next year...
- Solar Impulse Team to Attempt First Ever Solar-Powered Cross-U.S.A Flight in History Wed, 12 Dec 12, 3:20pmFlights across the U.S. have become somewhat mundane since Calbraith Perry Rodgers completed the first one ever back in 1911, but now a new group of aviation pioneers wants to take on the same feat with a decidedly more difficult...
- Solar Impulse Airplane Returns Home After World’s First Solar-Powered Intercontinental Flight Wed, 25 Jul 12, 5:41amFollowing the completion of the world’s first solar-powered intercontinental flight, the Solar Impulse airplane has returned home to Switzerland. After flying for 6,700 miles over four countries and two continents, the...
- El Al Airlines to Launch Hybrid-Electric Boeing 737 Airplanes Wed, 9 Nov 11, 3:30amIsrael’s El Al Airlines is planning to outfit 20 of their Boeing 737 airplanes with electric drive units from WheelTug that will provide power for the planes to taxi while on the ground...
- American and Alaska Airlines Complete World’s First Commercial Biofuel Flights Wed, 9 Nov 11, 12:28amYesterday, American Airlines completed the world’s first commercial biofuel flight, from Houston to Chicago, with 40% Solazyme algae biofuels and 60% traditional jet fuels...
- Airborne Metro: A Giant Nuclear-Powered Airport That Flies 3,000 Passengers Across the Sky Wed, 26 Oct 11, 1:49amThis crazy Airborne Metro, if ever built, could reduce emissions from air travel 80% by revolutionizing the way we fly. The giant, 3,000 passenger craft is a nuclear powered airport and shuttle in the sky that allows smaller...
- Pipstrel USA Wins $1.35 Million in NASA/Google Green Flight Challenge Wed, 5 Oct 11, 2:20amThe Google-sponsored NASA Centennial Challenge Competition just awarded the largest aviation prize in history to Pipstrel USA of State College! The competition, better known as the Green Flight Challenge, awarded Pipstrel...
- NASA Unveils Passenger Plane Designs for 2025 Sat, 15 Jan 11, 9:17amOn the heels of MIT’s design for the plane of the future, NASA has given us a peek into some of the new ideas they have slated for the not-so-distant future...
- All-Electric Sonex Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight Thu, 16 Dec 10, 7:59amWe’ve seen electric aircraft advance the horizons of carbon-free aviation by leaps and bounds lately, and this month a brand new electric plane successfully conducted its maiden flight...
- Sun-Powered Solar Impulse Plane Completes First Night Flight Fri, 9 Jul 10, 3:48amThe Solar Impulse airplane landed in Switzerland this morning after a 26-hour flight that proved that a solar-powered airplane can fly in darkness. The propeller plane has nearly 12,000 solar cells on its 207-foot lightweight...