Sun-powered plane flies non-stop for 20 hours
June 6th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Rabat (Morocco), June 6 (IANS) An aircraft of the size of an Airbus A340, fitted with 12,000 solar cells, took off from Madrid, Spain, flew about 800 km over ... Read more...
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Solar-powered plane attempts intercontinental flight
May 25th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 24 (IANS) Solar Impulse, the world's biggest solar-powered aircraft, took off from Switzerland Thursday for its first intercontinental flight to Morocco.The aircraft started its voyage at Payerne in ... Read more...
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Solar plane to make first cross-continent flight
April 25th, 2012 - 8:33 am ICT by IANS
Bern, April 25 (IANS) The world's largest solar-powered plane, Swiss-made Solar Impulse, will take its first-ever cross-continent flight in May or June.The plane, co-piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, ... Read more...
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Legendary woman flier Amelia’s bone found on Pacific atoll
December 14th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A tiny bone fragment found on a desert island in the Pacific could finally prove that legendary woman aviator Amelia Earhart did not disappear after a plane ... Read more...
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Bone find may end mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance
December 14th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14 (ANI): A tiny bone fragment discovered on a desert island may finally answer the questions surrounding legendary woman aviator Amelia Earhart's disappearance.It could prove that Earhart, lived as a ... Read more...
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Solar-powered plane set for world tour
October 15th, 2010 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 14 (IANS) The team that built the first solar-powered plane is planning a round-the-world flight within two years, with a stopover in China, a media report Thursday said."We plan ... Read more...
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Japanese engineer sets paper plane flight record
December 28th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): A Japanese engineer has set a world flight record for a hand-folded paper plane, which remained airborne for 26.1 seconds.Takuo Toda used a plane specially designed for "long ... Read more...
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