Bertrand Piccard, President of Solar Impulse and internationally renowned lecturer will be presenting his project to fly around the world in a solar airplane during the World Future Energy Summit taking place in Abu Dhabi, 18-21 January 2010.
Bertand Piccard will be among the speakers’ of a session at the World Future Energy Summit entitled “Achieving [...]
The Solar Impulse project is pursuing the objective of circumnavigating the Earth powered only by sunlight. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has played a significant role in the development of this visionary flying technology platform, which has now been awarded the Braunschweig Research Prize.
The challenge: large wingspan and extremely [...]
New Delhi – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reiterated its call for a global sectoral approach led by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to handle aviation’s emissions in the post-Kyoto period.
“We need a global solution that can encompass all of aviation—incorporating the differing situations of airlines from developed and developing nations. The best [...]
WASHINGTON — The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation recently announced the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon.
The prize for the aircraft with the [...]
Solar Impulse, the innovative Swiss aerospace company officially unveiled their prototype solar airplane. The Solar Impulse HB-SLA is completely powered by wing mounted PV solar panels which explains the huge area of the wingspan design matching that of a Boeing 747-400. Over 12,000 solar cells cover the outer surface of the wing providing DC electricity [...]
Pratt & Whitney
PARIS AIR SHOW, Le Bourget, France, June 17, 2009 – Pratt & Whitney signed the executive summary released today by Boeing highlighting the positive results of a pioneering industry flight test and research program that should lead to future certification of sustainable biojet fuels. The results indicate sustainable sources of bio-derived oils and [...]
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