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Tag: Circumnavigation

Tag Archives: Circumnavigation

09Sep/15

Attempt to sail Northeast Passage across Arctic begins

September 9, 2015SportsArctic, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Sea, Barents Sea, Bering, Bering Strait, Boris Herrmann, China, Circumnavigation, Europe, France, Geography of North America, Germany, Guo Chuan, JOCHEN KRAUTH, Lucien, Multihulls, Murmansk, Navigation, Northeast Passage, Oceans, Qingdao, Quentin Monegier, Russia, Russia–United States border, Seas, SERGEI NIZOVTSEV, Ships, SKIPPER GUO CHUAN, Tim Bastian Frank, Trimarans, United Statessmbale

After two years of planning, a trimaran is sailing across the Arctic Sea to the Bering Strait in an attempt to set a non-stop sailing record for the route from Europe to the Pacific.

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04Jul/15

Solar plane smashes world record

July 4, 2015WorldAbu Dhabi, Atlantic, Aviation, Aviators, Bart Allen, Circumnavigation, Electric aircraft, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Hawaii, HONOLULU, Hospitality/Recreation, Human activities, In science, Japan, Phoenix, SOLAR, Solar energy, Solar Impulse, Solar power in Switzerland, Solar-powered aircraft, Steve Fossett, Technology/Internet, Transportsmbale

(SOLAR IMPULSE) – The Solar Impulse 2 team say the latest leg of the plane’s round-the-globe journey has shattered a world record in its own right.
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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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