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05May/17

Next stop outer space, as Solarstratos plane successfully passes first test flight

May 5, 2017InnovationAbu Dhabi, André Borschberg, Articles, Bertrand Piccard, Cantons of Switzerland, Electric aircraft, Electric vehicles, energy, Environment, Payerne, Payerne Air Base, Photovoltaics, Raphael Domjan, Renewable energy, Renewable energy technology, Solar energy, Solar Impulse, Solar power in Switzerland, Solar-powered aircraft, Subdivisions of Switzerland, Switzerland, Vaudsmbale

PAYERNE, SWITZERLAND (MAY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) – A unique prototype plane, covered with 22 square metres of solar panels and with a 24.8 metre wingspan, Solarstratos successfully achieved on Friday morning (May 5) its first test flight on the Swiss air base of Payern, the result of three years of work.
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21Jan/17

Hot air balloons color Switzerland Sky

January 21, 2017Human InterestAviation, Aviators, Bale, Balloon, Balloon fiesta, Bertrand Piccard, Breitling Orbiter, Brian Jones, Chateau d, Château-d'Œx, Frederic Delachaux, Gerard, Hot air balloon, Hot air balloon festivals, International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Château-d'Oex, Lee Hooper, Leisure, Manufactured goods, Matter, Sports, Switzerland, Toy balloon, United Kingdomsmbale

The Annual hot air balloon festival kicks off in the Swiss city of Chateau d’Oex
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04Jul/15

World record holder for longest duration solo flight says it was a childhood dream

July 4, 2015InnovationAbu Dhabi, Aircraft, Alternative energy, André Borschberg, Atlantic Global, Aviation, Aviators, Bertrand Piccard, Circumnavigation, Electric aircraft, Energy conversion, Environment, Hawaii, HONOLULU, Human activities, In science, Japan, KAPOLEI, Nagoya, Phoenix, Piccard, Renewable energy technology, Solar energy, Solar Impulse, Solar power, Solar power in Switzerland, Steve Fossett, Technology, United States, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyersmbale

The Swiss pilot who broke a world record with a five-day nonstop solo flight across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Hawaii says he has fulfilled a childhood dream, and that they have proven solar powered technology works.

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