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Civilian aviation news June 11, 2011

Solar Impulse returns to Brussel

Paris, June 12 2011 – The solar airplane of Bertrand Piccard and AndrÃ© Borschberg, Solar Impulse, who was trying to fly from Brussels to Paris…

Civilian aviation news June 11, 2011

Solar Impulse en route to Paris-Le Bourget

Solar Impulse with pilot AndrÃ© BorschbergÂ Â took off at 6:36pm LT Saturday June 11Â from Brussels Airport Zaventem to Paris Airport Le Bourget for the 49th…

General Aviation News May 12, 2011

1st international flight by Solar Impulse

A favorable weather window seems to be opening up for Friday 13 May 2011. Powered only by solar energy, Solar Impulse HB-SIA could make its…

General Aviation News April 11, 2011

Solar Impulse at the Paris Air Show

The organisers of the International Paris Air Show are delighted and extremely proud to announce the presence of the solar aeroplane SOLAR IMPULSE as the…

General Aviation News July 9, 2010

First night flight ever by a solar plane!

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, with AndrÃ© Borschberg at its controls, successfully landed this morning at 09:00, to the cheers of a crowd of supporters who…

General Aviation News July 7, 2010

07.07.2010 Solar Impulse HB-SIA has taken off for its first night flight!

At 06:51 this morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with AndrÃ© Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project,…

Space News June 14, 2010

Lockheed Martin Solar X-Ray Imager on NOAA GOES-15 Spacecraft Sees â€œFirst Lightâ€

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 14th, 2010 — The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument aboard the NOAA GOES-15 spacecraft has seen â€œfirst light.â€ SXI was designed…

EXTRA NEWS, General Aviation News April 8, 2010

Solar plane first flight

Plane powered by sunshine completes its first test flight from Payerne Air Base Switzerland on April 7 2010. The carbon fibre Solar Impulse, with a…

General Aviation News August 26, 2009

Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Achieves World Record Solar Cell Efficiency

SYLMAR, Calif., Aug. 26, 2009 — Spectrolab Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], today announced that a solar cell it…

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