HB-SIA Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:48:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Impulse Airplane (HB-SIA) to Fly Across U.S. in Spring https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:48:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34256 Swiss company Solar Impulse has demonstrated that a solar-powered airplane can fly day and night without any other fuel than sunlight. Solar Impulse flew its solar-powered airplane, with a wingspan of 208 feet, aboard a Boeing 747 after the team spent February disassembling the airplane and preparing it for travel. Before beginning test flights in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/feed/ 0 34256 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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