One of the pioneers of battery-powered aviation is joining a Pacific Northwest team that’s aiming to get an all-electric seaplane certified for service in Canada. H55, the Swiss battery venture… Read More
From the outside, it looked as if the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project smoothly soldiered through adversity as its solar-powered plane made a record-setting trip around the world in 2015 and… Read More
Solar Impulse’s history-making 22,000-mile flight around the world ended tonight with a solar-powered landing in the dark in Abu Dhabi, where it all began more than 16 months ago. After two straight… Read More
The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane rose into the skies over Cairo, Egypt, tonight to finish off its 16-month, 22,000-mile, fuel-free journey around the world. The 17th and final leg of… Read More
After a photo op with the Great Pyramids, the Solar Impulse 2 airplane touched down in Egypt for the last layover in its 16-month, round-the-world odyssey. Solar Impulse pilot and… Read More
Sixteen months after it started, the fuel-free Solar Impulse 2 airplane took off before dawn Monday for what’s expected to be the second-last leg of its round-the-world journey, heading from Spain… Read More
The world’s most traveled fuel-free airplane, Solar Impulse 2, made better time than expected and landed in Spain today, leaving only 10 percent of its round-the-world odyssey to go. “The… Read More
The all-electric Solar Impulse 2 plane left America’s shores tonight and began what’s expected to be a 90-hour trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Spain. This 3,600-mile leg of the… Read More
The Solar Impulse 2 airplane finished up more than seven weeks of flying across America with an overnight hop to New York City that sets the stage for a climactic… Read More
One day after a close call, the Solar Impulse 2 round-the-world airplane made a 17-hour trip from Ohio to Pennsylvania today in preparation for its star turn in New York. The gossamer… Read More
The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane continued its fuel-free, round-the-world odyssey today with a nearly 17-hour flight from Oklahoma to Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers. The solar-powered plane took… Read More
After crossing the Himalayas and the Pacific, the fuel-free Solar Impulse 2 plane overcame the Rockies on Thursday during the Arizona-to-Oklahoma leg of its round-the-world odyssey. “As you can imagine, flying over… Read More
A solar-powered ultralight airplane called Solar Impulse 2 landed in Phoenix tonight after a nearly 16-hour flight from California’s Silicon Valley, finishing up another leg of its environmentally friendly round-the-world odyssey. The… Read More
Two and a half days after setting out from Hawaii, pilot Bertrand Piccard made a picture-postcard arrival in California tonight aboard the fuel-free Solar Impulse 2 airplane. “Thank you for your… Read More
More than a year after its odyssey began, the Solar Impulse 2 airplane resumed its round-the-world, solar-powered trip in Hawaii today. The ultra-lightweight plane took off at 6:18 a.m. Hawaii time (9:18 a.m. PT). Solar… Read More
On Friday, as most Americans were getting into their Fourth of July celebrations, the Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Hawaii after an arduous Pacific Ocean crossing to set a… Read More
Remember those guys who are flying a solar plane around the world? Well, they’re about to embark on the most challenging, dangerous part yet. Swiss pilot André Borschberg is scheduled to… Read More
Today, the team who is determined to make the first solar-powered flight around the world took off. We wrote about their epic quest in December: “The duo, pilot Bertrand Piccard… Read More