Solar Impulse airplane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:36:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Impulse News: Grounded for Now https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:57:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55730 After breaking the record for longest flight without refueling, Solar Impulse is grounded in Hawaii. The solar-powered plane’s batteries were damaged during the trek from Japan to Hawaii, and it is expected that it will not be able to fly again until next year. While this is bad news for the Solar Impulse team as well as […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/feed/ 1 55730 Sunseeker Duo: The Fastest Two-Seater Solar-Driven Airplane https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunseeker-duo-solar-airplane-20130501/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunseeker-duo-solar-airplane-20130501/#respond Wed, 01 May 2013 19:12:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36770 This year’s AERO Global Show for General Aviation held in Friedrichshafen, Germany has witnessed the launching of the world’s fastest solar-driven two-seater aircraft – the Sunseeker Duo. The Solar Flight-designed plane is a refresh of 1990’s Sunseeker I which was aimed at cross-country flights. The Sunseeker Duo does not use conventional fuel by relies on […]

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