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- 8 memorable milestones of the first solar-powered flight around-the-world Tue, 26 Jul 16, 11:00pmThe Solar Impulse project began in Switzerland in 2003, when Bertrand Piccard—a veteran balloonist and also a psychiatrist—began designing and building a one-man airplane that could fly without fossil fuels, using only...
- Solar Impulse successfully completes solar-powered flight around the world Tue, 26 Jul 16, 7:27pmToday, Solar Impulse 2 completed its epic round-the-world journey, powered only by the sun’s energy. Swiss pilot and initiator Bertrand Piccard landed the experimental solar-powered aircraft in Abu Dhabi after 48 hours...
- Bad weather forces Solar Impulse to make unscheduled stop in Japan Mon, 1 Jun 15, 11:53pmOver the weekend, Solar Impulse finally departed from China to begin its five-day, five-night solar-powered journey across the Pacific Ocean. This leg of the round-the-world expedition had been delayed for weeks due to bad...
- Sun-powered Solar Impulse begins longest, most dangerous leg of round-the-world flight Mon, 1 Jun 15, 2:30amSolar Impulse 2, solar-powered aircraft with room for only one person, lifted off from China at 2:39am local time May 31, beginning the five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii...
- Solar Impulse 2 Airplane Launches Successful Maiden Flight in Switzerland Tue, 3 Jun 14, 1:15amSwiss aviation pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg just took an important step toward their 2015 goal of flying around the world on a solar-powered aircraft with the successful maiden flight of the Solar Impulse...