GenevaLunch » Solar Impulse http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Solar Impulse flying over Jura, France en route to Moroccohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 08:23:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70486 GenevaLunch.com Solar-powered plane makes first intercontinental flight, must pass over Pyrenees LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, the elegant airplane powered only by solar cells, left Payerne shortly before 08:30 Thursday 24 May, and headed towards the Jura and into France. Pilot André Borschberg expects to land this evening, after midnight, at Madrid Barajas Airport where the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/feed/ 0 Business: airlines, Coty, LeShop, Solar Impulse, Rochehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/business-airlines-coty-leshop-solar-impulse-roche/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/business-airlines-coty-leshop-solar-impulse-roche/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:27:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68628 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Business highlights Wednesday 4 April include: Iata, the airline industry organization, says that traffic increased in February, up 8.6 percent for passenger traffic and 5.2 percent for cargo, but it cautions that with petrol prices rising the outlook remains fragile. Coty, American beauty company that also owns a number of top clothing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/business-airlines-coty-leshop-solar-impulse-roche/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse 72-hour simulation flight tests human endurancehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/20/solar-impulse-72-hour-simulation-flight-tests-human-endurance/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/20/solar-impulse-72-hour-simulation-flight-tests-human-endurance/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:18:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66816 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse will run a simulated 72-hour flight night and day 21-24 February that should provide clues to human endurance in a long-flight solo pilot situation. CEO André Borschberg will test the design and configuration of the cockpit for a second plane it is building, now under construction. This will be the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/20/solar-impulse-72-hour-simulation-flight-tests-human-endurance/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse ends first Europe flights, eyes Med, Moroccohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/solar-impulse-ends-first-europe-flights-eyes-med-morocco/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/solar-impulse-ends-first-europe-flights-eyes-med-morocco/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:17:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59453 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/solar-impulse-ends-first-europe-flights-eyes-med-morocco/feed/ 1 Solar Impulse headed home to Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:23:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59429 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/03/solar-impulse-headed-home-to-switzerland/feed/ 1 Solar Impulse return to Switzerland delayedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-return-to-switzerland-delayed/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-return-to-switzerland-delayed/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:25:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59353 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-return-to-switzerland-delayed/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse scheduled to fly home Fridayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-scheduled-to-fly-home-friday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-scheduled-to-fly-home-friday/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:35:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59335 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/solar-impulse-scheduled-to-fly-home-friday/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse completes Brussels-Paris run (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/14/solar-impulse-completes-brussels-paris-run-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/14/solar-impulse-completes-brussels-paris-run-update/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:38:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58754 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/14/solar-impulse-completes-brussels-paris-run-update/feed/ 0 Solar Impulse flight to Brussels a successhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/14/solar-impulse-flight-to-brussels-a-success/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/14/solar-impulse-flight-to-brussels-a-success/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 05:55:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57635 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/14/solar-impulse-flight-to-brussels-a-success/feed/ 2 News alert: Solar Impulse on maiden int’l flight to Brusselshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/13/news-alert-solar-impulse-on-maiden-intl-flight-to-brussels/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/13/news-alert-solar-impulse-on-maiden-intl-flight-to-brussels/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 08:19:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57614 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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