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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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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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