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08.07.2010 First night flight ever by a solar plane!
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, with André Borschberg at its controls, successfully landed this morning at 09:00, to the cheers of a crowd of supporters who came to celebrate this great milestone. For more than 26 hours, André Borschberg … |
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07.07.2010 The Solar Impulse HB-SIA Enters the Night!
At 06:51 this morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with André Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, at the controls. The flight, powered only by solar energy, has already been airborne for … |
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07.07.2010 Solar Impulse HB-SIA has taken off for its first night flight!
At 06:51 this morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with André Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, at the controls. “For 7 years now, the whole team has been passionately working to … |
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01.07.2010 Solar Impulse First Night Flight Attempt Postponed!
This morning at 06h45, the Solar Impulse Mission Team had to take the difficult decision to postpone the first night flight attempt. The problem comes from the telemetry transmitter that has broken down. This system enables the ground … |
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07.04.2010 Successful Maiden flight for Solar Impulse!
This morning at 10:27, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from Payerne (VD) airfield on its maiden flight. Under the eyes of thousands of spectators from all over Switzerland, Solar Impulse HB-SIA slowly climbed up to 1200 meters. … |
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06.04.2010 The first flight for Solar Impulse!
Tomorrow, 7 April March 2010, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA will take off for the first time from Payerne. Following the ground tests conducted over the last few days and with the weather forecast that should fit the requirements, test pilot Markus … |
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31.03.2010 Bayer MaterialScience becomes official partner for Solar Impulse
Leverkusen/Payerne, March 31, 2010 – Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project. Its founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around … |
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03.12.2009 Solar Impulse HB-SIA takes off for the first time!
Dübendorf Airfield, 3 December 2009. At 13:11 today, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel, left the ground for the first time. The results of the ground tests conducted these last few … |
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20.11.2009 - The Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxies down the runway!
Yesterday, for the first time at 13:47 the Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxied down the runway powered by its own engines. At the controls of the HB-SIA, Solar Impulse test pilot Markus Scherdel cautiously took to the runway under the watchful … |
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06.11.2009 Solar Impulse HB-SIA: All 4 engines up and running!
Dübendorf airfield, 6 November 2009 –The Solar Impulse team has brought the HB-SIA prototype out of its construction hall and tested its 4 engines for the first time. With final preparations completed and a favourable weather forecast, … |
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26.06.2009 THE UNVEILING OF THE SOLAR IMPULSE HB-SIA
Dübendorf airfield (ZH), Switzerland – 26 June 2009. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg today unveiled, at Dübendorf airfield close to Zurich, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aircraft designed to fly both day and night without … |
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18.06.2009 Swisscom partners with Solar Impulse
Swisscom will become the official National telecom partner of Solar Impulse and develop a special communications solution for Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg's completely solar-powered aircraft. Among other things, Swisscom will be … |
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10.06.2009 The Brunswick Prize 2009 awarded to Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg
The two promoters of the Solar Impulse project, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, were awarded on June 9 the 2009 Brunswick Research Prize (Braunschweiger Forschungspreis 2009). Granted by the eponymous German city, the Brunswick Prize, … |
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20.05.2009 Solar Impulse to be unveiled very soon
The incredible challenge launched by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg of flying day and night with an airplane propelled solely by solar energy, without fuel or polluting emissions, is entering a new phase. After 5 years of engineering, … |
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21.03.2009 Inspired by the Round-the-World Balloon Flight
Ten years ago, on 21 March 1999, after 19 days, 21 hours and 47 minutes in the air, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones’s Rozière balloon landed in the Egyptian desert, so ending the first non-stop circumnavigation of the earth in a balloon. … |
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20.01.2009 Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg at Abu Dhabi
Solar Impulse President Bertrand Piccard and CEO André Borschberg accompanied Moritz Leuenberger, head of the Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC), during his recent business visit to Abu … |
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24.11.2008 - SIG and Solar Impulse: partners for energies of the future and energy efficiency
Geneva, 24 November 2008 – SIG announces that it is committing to Solar Impulse, the innovative project led by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. Human, philosophical and technological, the Solar Impulse adventure seeks to set an example … |
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18.11.2008 - IATA introduces Solar Impulse to China
Beijing, November 18th – As an institutional partner of Solar Impulse - the solar powered aircraft that will fly around the world with no fuel and zero emissions - the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has organised today a … |
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10.11.2008 - Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger visits Solar Impulse
Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, head of the Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC), came to Dübendorf aerodrome to see for himself the construction of the first prototype of the solar … |
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01.11.2008 - Death of Professor Jacques Piccard
One of the last great explorers of the 20th century, a true Captain Nemo who went deeper than any other man, Jacques Piccard passed away on Saturday, 1st November at his home on the edge of his beloved Lake Geneva at the age of 86. Born … |
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24.09.2008 - Hirslanden, new partner and Medical Advisor of the Solar Impulse Project
Transcending limits together: Hirslanden doctors care for Solar Impulse pilots The private hospital group Hirslanden is placing its resources at the disposal of Solar Impulse immediately. With its 13 hospitals and a wide-ranging network … |
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08.08.2008 - Omega presents Solar Impulse at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, 8th of August 2008. - Not far from the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium, the project of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg is on display at the heart of the Olympic village. Omega, official timekeeper for the … |
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16.05.2008 - Virtual Flight 2008: Missions accomplished!
Dübendorf, Friday 16 May 2008. – In a cockpit identical to the one in the first prototype, the two Solar Impulse pilots, one after the other, spent 25 hours flying non-stop at the controls of the solar airplane. Bertrand Piccard from Tuesday … |
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06.05.2008 - Solar Impulse training to fly!
Dübendorf 6 May 2008 – Virtual Flight 08 will be conducted by the Solar Impulse team from 12 to 16 May, in the construction hangar of the prototype HB-SIA, at the aerodrome of Dübendorf near Zurich in Switzerland. For the first … |
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30.04.2008 - Clarins, new partner for the Solar Impulse project
Paris, 30 April 2008. – Once again the Clarins group shows its fundamental openness to innovation by joining the Solar Impulse Project launched by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg as an Official Supporter. Monsieur Christian … |
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09.04.2008 - Solar Impulse becomes a symbol of the European Commission
Brussels, 9 April 2008 – Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar-powered aeroplane project, was presented today to the European Parliament in Brussels within the framework of the « Towards a more sustainable aviation » seminar organised by Mrs … |
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18.03.2008 - Solar Impulse devant le Parlement suisse
Bertrand Piccard presented in Parliament the solar airplane project, Solar Impulse and argued for a more daring energy policy Berne, 18 March 2008 – At 13:00 today, on the invitation of the Parliamentary Aviation Group, Bertrand … |
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03.03.2008 - Partnership with Toyota
Toyota presents its innovational Hybrid-Lounge at the Geneva Motor Show. Solar Impulse with Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are using Toyota’s Hybrid Technology. Toyota Switzerland and Solar Impulse share the same passion - … |
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18.02.2008 - IATA joins forces with Solar Impulse
SINGAPORE, February 18, 2008 – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has become an Institutional Partner of Solar Impulse – the solar airplane that will fly around the world with no fuel and zero emission. The agreement, signed … |
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05.11.2007 - HB-SIA: A Symbol Under Construction - press conference
Duebendorf, Monday 5 November 2007 – After four years of research, complex scientific calculations and simulations, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, leaders of the Solar Impulse team, and future pilots, presented today the final design … |
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23.05.2007 - Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2007
You may rediscover the Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2007 at www.solarimpulsevirtualflight.com. The Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2007 controlled from the Salons … |
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22.05.2007 - Solar Impulse Virtual Flight 2007
Hawaï - Floride Geneva, May 22, 2007 - We all have our own path to follow, our own destiny... With a project as complex as that of Solar Impulse, it is impossible to realistically predict the behavior and itinerary of the futuristic … |
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19.03.2007 - Deutsche Bank 3rd Main Partner of Solar Impulse
ZURICH/FRANKFURT AM MAIN, March 19, 2007 - Deutsche Bank, a global financial institution with more than 135 years of experience in the realization of technological innovations, is supporting the first solar flight around the world, starting … |
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10.08.2006 - Exhibition in Berlin
On August 10, 2006, OMEGA opened its special exhibition FROM THE MOON TO THE SUN, spread over 500m², in the foyer of the legendary deluxe Berlin department store KaDeWe. The exhibition, which runs until 16 September, presents OMEGA's top … |
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23.06.2006 - Another new partner for Solar Impulse!
On June 23, 2006, the partnership between Solar Impulse and the engineering company, Sputnik Engineering AG (SolarMax) was announced on the occasion of the press conference organised for the Intersolar exhibition in Freiburg im Brisgau. This … |
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31.05.2006 - Exhibition at the Cité du Temps in Geneva
To celebrate the partnership between Solar Impulse and Omega, the latter is to organize a special exhibition until July 8 at the Cité du Temps, the area recently inaugurated by the Swatch Group in Geneva. Here, one will be able to admire, … |
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16.05.2006 - Altran engineers to serve the project
A team of experts from ALTRAN, scientific partner of the Solar Impulse project, share their skills to contribute to the Bertrand Piccard's and Andre Borschberg's challenge by modeling and simulating a flight of the solar airplane between Dubai … |
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12.05.2006 - OMEGA 2nd main partner of Solar Impulse
The Solar Impulse team is proud to announce the partnership it has concluded with the Swiss watch manufacturer Omega. The Bienne-based company thus joins the chemical and pharmaceutical group, Solvay, in the capacity of Main Partner of the … |
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26.02.2006 - BKW FMB: a new partner for Solar Impulse
The project for a solar airplane, Solar Impulse, led by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, thanks notably to sponsoring by Solvay and Altran Technologies, is becoming even more dynamic. BKW FMB Energie SA (FMB) has just joined the list of … |
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15.12.2005 - International Leading Entrepreneurs Award
Monaco, December 2nd, 2005 - Under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, and with the support of the Monegasque Government and Barclays Private Bank, the 8th Monte Carlo Business Angels Forum specially honoured the «Solar Impulse» … |
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09.11.2005 - Territoires 21 (video)
Visionnez l'émission Territoires 21 de la TSR diffusée le 9 novembre 2005 Titre: TSR TERRITOIRES 21 - I comme … |
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14.10.2005 - "Angel" Programme
ANGEL PROGRAMME: Take part in the financing of the plane's design and obtain exclusive advantages and VIP services. Contact us! Download pdf |
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12.10.2005 - Cockpit mockup
When the Solar Impulse team defined its mission, listed the pilot's needs and considered the numerous constraints, it had to find a way of allowing the pilots to verify their theories. Thus, it was decided to build a PRE-MODEL - Why … |
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13.06.2005 - Le Bourget - Press Conference
Le Bourget - June 13, 2005. Solar Impulse, the solar airplane project launched at the end of 2003 under the impetus of Bertrand Piccard, is now taking shape. The core team presented a model of the airplane at the Bourget aeronautical show, … |