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Bookmark or Share- Solar airplane soars to start first-ever round-the-world tripAn effort to fly a solar-powered plane 20,000 miles around the world began Monday when the Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and landed in Muscat, Oman. The...
- This solar-powered plane could stay in the air for months - CNNSkydweller Aero aims to produce the world's first commercially viable "pseudo-satellite" -- a solar-powered airplane capable of staying in the sky for months at a time.
- Solar-powered aircraft - WikipediaSolar-powered aircraft are electric aircraft that can be an airplane, blimp, or airship and use either a battery or hydrogen to store the energy produced by the solar cells and use that energy at night when the sun isn't shining.
- Solar Impulse - Around the world to promote clean technologiesSolar Impulse 2 was built to take up the challenge of achieving the first round-the-world solar flight. This revolutionary airplane had to do what no one had ever done before: fly through several consecutive days and nights to cross oceans without using any fuel.
- Inside the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the WorldAfter 14 months of travel and 550 hours in the air, the plane had accomplished what many had deemed impossible: traveling 25,000 miles around the world—over four continents, two oceans and three...
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