Solar Impulse Airplane Route Announcement : Press Conference
Published on Jan 22, 2015
Solar Impulse's team is reunited in Abu Dhabi for a press conference to officially announce in detail the route Si2 will be taking around the world starting the 1st of March 2015. Solar Impulse will do the journey in 12 stops, across seas and continent! Follow te adventure!
Solar (Freaking) Impulse - A Solar Airplane That Uses Solar Energy
Published on Mar 8, 2015
Introducing Solar Impulse: a solar plane that uses solar energy. It can even fly at night (because it has batteries)!
Did you ever see Solar Freaking Roadways? Imagine Solar Airways!
LIVE: Solar Impulse's plane takes off in Abu Dhabi for the first round-the-world solar flight
Published on Mar 9, 2015
Solar Impulse will take off for its first flight from Abu Dhabi (Al Bateen Executive Airport, AZI/OMAD) in the United Arab Emirates, to Muscat (Muscat International Airport, MCT/OOMS) in the Sultanate of Oman. The pilot will fly the zero-fuel airplane on about 400km (215NM) for an estimated time of 12 hours. Masdar, Host Partner for the round-the-world, hosted Solar Impulse during the reassembly of Si2 and the final flight preparations. Masdar City is an example of the shared vision for the use of renewable energy and clean technologies.
Construction of Solar Impulse 2, the Round-The-World Solar Airplane
Published on Apr 9, 2014
The solar airplane Solar Impulse 2 has been presented on April 9th. The construction of the experimental solar aircraft didn't happen in a day. Watch this video about the construction of Solar Impulse 2 and understand the steps that had to be taken when you're looking towards attempting the First #RTW Solar Flight!
WHAT IS SOLAR IMPULSE ?
Solar Impulse is the only airplane of perpetual endurance, able to fly day and night on solar power, without a drop of fuel.
Solar Impulse challenge is to attempt the First Round-The-World Solar Flight in 2015. A way for Bertrand Piccard, Andr? Borschberg and their team to demonstrate how pioneering spirit, innovation and clean technologies can change the world.
Solar Impulse sets new records for distance, flight time
Published on Jun 2, 2015
It's been a busy few days for the Solar Impulse team, with weather delays, unscheduled stops, and more world records broken for solar-powered flight. As the crew – including embedded ABB engineers – makes plans for the next leg onwards to Hawaii, we follow events at the Mission Control Centre in Monaco.
Solar Impulse's record-breaking landing in Hawaii
Published on Jul 7, 2015
After an unscheduled stopover in Japan, Solar Impulse 2 landed in Hawaii on July 3, setting new records for solar and solo flight duration and distance. We got a chance to witness the historic, dramatic sunrise landing.
Solar Impulse - Best of First Round-the-World Solar Flight, Hawaii - San Francisco
Published on May 2, 2016
The Golden Flight
It took Amelia Earhart 18 hours to fly solo from Hawaii to California. It took Bertrand Piccard 62:29 hours to follow her footsteps but without fuel, 81 years later, completing the Pacific crossing initiated by the record-breaking flight of Andre Borschberg.
A flying symbol during Earth Day, broadcasted live with Ban Ki-moon and 175 leaders at the UN, Solar Impulse touches down at the heart of Silicon Valley, land of NASA astronauts Bertrand met in his childhood, who inspired him to become an explorer. Let’s make futureisclean's positive message resonate in the Bay: clean technologies are a solution to the environmental challenges of our time.
Solar Impulse - best of first transatlantic crossing in a solar airplane
Published on Jul 10, 2016
Bertrand Piccard achieved the first transatlantic solar and electric crossing, with zero fuel and zero emissions, after 71 hours of solar flight!
Just like Charles Lindbergh, Bertrand Piccard flew across the Atlantic Ocean, but this time without a single drop of fuel. Another step closer to the completion of the first round-the-world solar flight, thanks to the aircraft Andr? Borschberg and the Solar Impulse team built.
Ending gloriously with a colorful flight formation from the Spanish Patrulla ?guila, Bertrand Piccard landed in Seville at 5:38AM UTC. This is not a first for aviation, but definitely a first for clean technology.
ABB and Solar Impulse around the world
Published on Jul 28, 2016
Solar Impulse has now completed its historic flight around the world without using a drop of fuel – helped on the way by ABB, including a series of engineers embedded in the ground crew. It's been an incredible journey with ABB staff, projects and customers getting involved at every stop.
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