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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 5 months ago
  2. Yesterday it was a dream, today it is an airplane, tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energies
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 5 months ago
  3. 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 5 months ago
  4. We will start one metre above the ground, then three metres, then five metres ... When that works, we'll be able to take it to altitude.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 5 months ago
  5. You can see it's really small ... Thirty-six hours is already a challenge. It tests your patience.
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 5 months ago
  6. It will be like the Wright brothers
    SOURCE: Globe and Mail 5 months ago
  7. Yesterday it was a dream, today it is an airplane, tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energies
    SOURCE: Denver Post 5 months ago
  8. That's why we took the decision to attempt a trip around the world without relying on fossil fuels.
    SOURCE: PerthNow 5 months ago
  9. Yesterday it was a dream. Today it is a plane. Tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energy
    SOURCE: Reuters 5 months ago
  10. 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 favorable. We've been training for five years.
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 5 months ago
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