But the plane will also have to cross the Atlantic and Pacific, which will take an estimated five days, given that Solar Impulse 2's maximum speed is only 140 km/hour (about 85 mph), and it will ...

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A flight around the world powered by the sun and a new patent from Boeing show that solar flight may not be so crazy after all. S&P 500 +---% | Stock Advisor +---% Join The Motley Fool ...

"There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy," said Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who in 1999 co-piloted the ...

The most famous solar aircraft might be Helios, the unmanned remote control aircraft with a wingspan of 247 feet. It made several flights between 1999 and 2003, when it crashed, and reached an ...

The prototype of the 100% solar-powered Solar Impulse aircraft was unveiled near Zurich on June 26th. ... has over 12,000 solar cells powering four electric motors with a maximum power of 10HP.

Last July, a team of Swiss adventurers made history when their solar-powered manned aircraft flew continuously for a 26 hours. Now, they're about to take the next step - and it's a big one ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In noisy, energetic New York City, the pilots of a spindly plane that looks more toy than jet hope to grab attention in a surprising way: By being silent and consuming little ...

This solar-powered plane — currently being flown around the world by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg — didn’t use a drop of kerosene on its epic trip across the Pacific Ocean.

The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Solar Impulse 2 has landed. More than a year after beginning its 25,000-mile trek around the world using only the sun as a fuel ...

If you'd asked anyone 10 years ago whether one day Facebook would successfully fly a solar-powered plane that delivers the internet, they'd have said you're nuts. Now, we've seen it happen, and ...