Andre Borschberg Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar-Powered Plane HB-SIA Takes off from Washington, Heads to New York https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/#respond Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:51:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38965 Solar Impulse (HB-SIA), the world’s first solar powered airplane has just departed Washington for New York after performing the first historic flight across the United States. Having taken off in San Francisco, CA, the HB-SIA will land on New York’s John F. Kennedy airport after an estimated 21 hours of flight. The trip of the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/feed/ 0 38965 Solar Impulse Aircraft to Make the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-aircraft-to-make-the-first-solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-20091108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-aircraft-to-make-the-first-solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-20091108/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:14:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5265 The Solar Impulse aircraft, officially known as HB-SIA, successfully underwent its first engine run up on Friday at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland. It is designed to make the first solar-powered flight around the world.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-aircraft-to-make-the-first-solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-20091108/feed/ 0 5265 Solar Impulse: Viable Manned Flight Powered by The Sun https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-plane-20090705/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-plane-20090705/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:20:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3914 Solar Impulse, the first solar powered plane has been unveiled in Switzerland. With a wingspan of a Boeing 747 but lighter than a small car, the plan could fly around the world powered entirely by the sun.

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