Home » Topics » bertrand piccard
Solar-powered plane off to good start on its first cross-continental trip
A solar airplane took off Friday from California on its first attempt at a cross-country trip across the United States. “Solar Impulse has successfully taken off from Moffett Air Field,” a traffic control operator said as the plane left the runway in the morning sunrise, describing it as a “perfect…
Watch: Solar-powered plane takes off for first cross-continental flight
The Solar Impulse, a Swiss solar-powered airplane, departs from San Francisco with Bertrand Piccard in the single seater cockpit, to complete the first leg of its coast-to-coast flights across the United States.…
Solar-powered aircraft to make first cross-continental flight in U.S.
An innovative solar-powered aircraft is set to launch from California Friday on a flight across the United States, aiming to showcase what is possible without fossil fuels. The experimental Solar Impulse plane — with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but the weight of a small car — bears 12,000…
Solar plane lands in Morocco on historic flight
A solar plane made history Tuesday by landing in the Moroccan capital after flying across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain on the world’s first intercontinental flight in a plane powered by the sun. Bertrand Piccard, a 54-year-old Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist, landed Solar Impulse at 11:30 pm (2230 GMT)…
Pilot embarks on first solar-powered intercontinental flight
A Swiss adventurer soared above sun-splashed Spanish valleys toward Morocco on Tuesday on the world’s first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered plane. Bertrand Piccard, a 54-year-old psychiatrist and balloonist, took off into the night skies above Madrid in the Solar Impulse plane, a giant as big as an Airbus A340 but as light as an average…
Swiss solar plane makes history with 26hr flight
PAYERNE, Switzerland (AFP) – A solar-powered aircraft made history on Thursday after flying around the clock on the sun’s energy alone, bringing a step closer the dream of perpetual flight. After 26 hours in the air, the experimental Solar Impulse aircraft with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard made a seamless landing…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Jon Stewart exposes ridiculous fawning over Apple at Senate hearing
- The impact of the electric car: infographic
- House passes bill to speed construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
- Kim Dotcom might sue Twitter, Google and Facebook over copyright infringement
- Obama to begin process of closing Guantanamo Bay: report
- British ‘Tea Party’ UKIP surges, putting pressure on Tories and Cameron
- Allosaurus dinosaur chomped like a bird of prey, say scientists
- Pope Francis calls on Christians to accept the good works atheists perform
- Most houses and public buildings in ‘Tornado Alley’ lack storm shelters
- Polish doctors carry out world’s first life-saving face transplant
Commentary
Tone policing only goes one way
By Amanda Marcotte
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S7E8, “The Crash”
By Amanda Marcotte
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
