Globe and Mail logo Globe and Mail 4 months ago

Solar-powered plane prototype unveiled

Bertrand Piccard, initiator and chairman of Solar Impulse speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first solar airplane aiming to fly night and day withhout fuel, on Friday June 26, 2009 in Duebendorf airffield, Switzerland. Full Article at Globe and Mail

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  1. We'll certainly avoid stormy situations ... We'll avoid rain as well, because you cannot collect energy in this weather. So the challenge for the team will be to find a path that is favourable. We've been training for five years.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 4 months ago
  2. If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled solely by solar energy ... let no one come and claim that it is impossible to do the same thing for motor vehicles, heating and air conditioning systems and computers.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 4 months ago
  3. Yesterday it was a dream, today it is an airplane, tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energies
    SOURCE: Denver Post 4 months ago
  4. If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled solely by solar energy, let no one come and claim that it is impossible to do the same thing for motor vehicles, heating and air conditioning systems and computers
    SOURCE: PerthNow 4 months ago
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