Two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg ... While there have been some hiccups during their journey, Piccard said Solar Impulse 2 is still the perfect example of how far clean ...

Now, Bertrand Piccard is looking to add a new record ... Clear skies permitting, his Solar Impulse HB-SIA plane is due to take off any day now from Nasa’s Silicon Valley research airbase for ...

Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will pursue ... while using zero conventional fuel. The Solar Impulse-2’s lightweight construction — weighing a mere 4,600 lb.

The Swiss-engineered Solar Impulse 2 was piloted by Bertrand Piccard on the final part of the epic expedition that took off from Cairo earlier this week. The final stop completes its 17-leg ...

Solar Impulse was developed by two Swiss aviation pioneers, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg who take turns piloting the plane. Piccard comes from a family of famous explorers and was the ...

Pilot Bertrand Piccard completed a risky ... Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, on Saturday night following a 62-hour, nonstop ...

The sustainable aircraft's final test flight in the emirate prior departure Abu Dhabi - March 2, 2015: Bertrand Piccard, initiator and chairman of Solar Impulse, today, took to the skies of Abu Dhabi ...

Sophisticated nutritional science is helping fuel Solar Impulse 2 pilot Bertrand Piccard on his historic flight across the Atlantic. Piccard took off from New York early Monday as the solar ...

Tulsa, we have a landing. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in the Oklahoma city shortly around 12:15 a.m. ET Thursday, completing an 18-hour, 975-mile flight with no fuel.

Solar Impulse 2, which flew over the Statue of ... continues to prove the vast potential of renewable energy, according to pilot Bertrand Piccard. The plane landed at New York’s JFK airport ...

151; -- Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard took off from New York City this morning inside Solar Impulse, a solar-powered plane, for his historic four-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean.