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Overnight Flight on Solar Power a Success 1 year 45 weeks ago

Swiss pioneering solar aircraft Solar Impulse successfully completed the first overnight flight ever. With no additional power source, the flight lasted for 26 hours by solar power alone. The plan of Bertrand Piccard to make a non-stop flight around the world with solar power alone is proven feasible.

Solar Impulse Makes International Flight 1 year 1 week ago

A solar energy plane made the world’s first international flight powered by the sun yesterday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel. The Solar Impulse took off from an airfield at Payerne in western Switzerland in the morning and landed at Brussels airport after a 13-hour flight. “The objective is to demonstrate what we can do with existing technology in terms of renewable energy and energy savings,” project co-founder and pilot Andre Borschberg said by telephone during the flight.

Solar Technology Takes Flight with the Solar Impulse Airplane 47 weeks 19 hours ago

Given my love of green technology and of airplanes, the Solar Impulse airplane is about the most awesome thing ever.

The Solar Impulse has the wingspan of an Airbus A340, but weighs only as much as a regular-size car. It's massive wings are covered by 12,000 solar cells, which convert the sun's energy to charge its batteries, which power the plane's 10-horsepower motors to spin its four propellers.

Flying with Solar Power 2 years 38 weeks ago

Bertrand Piccard and his crew presented the first airplane to be flying with only solar power. In the presence of the Swiss Minister for Traffic and Environment, Moritz Leuenberger, and HH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the new aircraft Solar Impulse was unveiled at the military airbase in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Solar Energy | Solar Power 2 years 4 weeks ago

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