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Solar Impulse ends first Europe flights, eyes Med, Morocco

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:17:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse made it home safely from Paris, warmed not only by the sun but by its success in the French capital, with more than 350,000 visitors during the Le Bourget airshow. The plane made three journeys for a total of about 1,500km during its maiden European flights sojourn. “The feedback from [...]

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Solar Impulse headed home to Switzerland

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:23:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, flying with only solar power, is en route to Switzerland from Paris. The plane left Le Bourget airport in France at 07:11 Sunday 3 July and is expected to arrive in Payerne at 19:00 this evening. You can follow the flight live on www.solarimpulse.com and via the Smartphone app “Solar [...]

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Solar Impulse return to Switzerland delayed

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:25:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse’s return flight to Switzerland from Paris will not take place Friday as planned, the solar airplane’s team said lat Thursday 30 June. “Air traffic restrictions and weather conditions in the Jura region and in Paris would prevent Solar Impulse from returning back its take-off location in case of a technical [...]

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Solar Impulse scheduled to fly home Friday

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:35:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse appears to have a window of opportunity Friday 1 July to fly home from the Le Bourget airshow in Paris, where it has been a centre of attention after making its first international flights using only solar power. The weather promises to be fine and sunny for the Paris-Payerne run [...]

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Solar Impulse completes Brussels-Paris run (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:38:20 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar-powered airplane, left Brussels early Tuesday 14 June in a second attempt to fly to Paris, with weather conditions favourable. The plane left Brussels at 05:10 this morning and landed at 21:15 at Paris-Le Bourget airport, a 16:05 hour flight for pilot André Borschberg. The plane had been [...]

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Solar Impulse flight to Brussels a success

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 14 May 2011 05:55:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Four countries, no fuel: 12 hours, 59 minutes of flying time Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – André Borschberg stepped out of the small Solar Impulse cockpit in Brussels, Belgium, after 12 hours, 48 minutes of flying time, the solar-energy-only plane’s first international flight, and said “It’s unbelievably exciting to land here in Brussels, at the heart [...]

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News alert: Solar Impulse on maiden int’l flight to Brussels

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:19:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Solar Impulse is making its maiden solar-power only international flight, to Brussels, after taking off from the Payerne air base in canton Vaud at 08:40 Friday morning 13 May. It is scheduled to arrive in Brussels this evening around 21:00. The flight can be followed live, online. Smart phone apps are [...]

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Solar Impulse heads for Brussels Monday on 1st int’l flight

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:17:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Solar Impulse will fly to Brussels International Airport from Payerne, canton Vaud, Monday 2 May, weather permitting. The flight will be the first international one for the solar-powered plane. The European Commission, which has backed the project from the start, is the patron for this flight. The airplane will be displayed [...]

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Solar Impulse gets a lift from new partner Schindler

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:21:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar plane that aims to be the first to fly night and day without fuel or polluting emissions, has been given a major boost from one of the world’s major elevator/lift and escalator companies, Schindler. The Lucerne-based manufacturer this week becomes the fourth main partner for the [...]

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Solar Impulse, up and flying again (update)

Laila Rodriguez — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:30:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 13:15 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Solar Impulse is flying again! Bertrand Piccard’s plane took off Tuesday 21 September at 08:00 from Payerne, canton Vaud and landed safely in Geneva at 12:25. If the weather holds and the control tower at Cointrin Airport gives the go-ahead, the plane is expected to leave Geneva at 15:30 [...]

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