#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/10/2010 #1

The experimental aircraft Solar Impulse takes off with pilot Andre Borschberg on board from Payerne’s Swiss airbase on Wednesday on the first attempt to fly around the clock fueled by nothing but the energy of the sun. A Swiss team planning to eventually circle the globe in a solar powered plane has started a 24-hour test flight that aims to keep the aircraft operating through the night on stored energy collected from the sun.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/22/2010 #2

Pilot Andre Borschberg flies the experimental solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse, above Montreux, Switzerland, during a test flight from Payerne to Geneva. The Solar Impulse team, which successfully conducted a round-the-clock flight powered only by the sun, plans several more test flights across Switzerland to prepare for long-haul journeys.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/08/2012 #4

Solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse, the zero fuel airplane, project aims to circumnavigate the world with the aircraft, with a 63.4-meter-wingspan, powered only by solar energy.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/04/2013 #3

Solar Impulse co-founder, pilot and CEO Andre Borschberg, left, greets pilot Bertrand Piccard at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, early Saturday, May 4th, 2013, after completing the first leg of its coast to coast flights across the United States. It is the first time that a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel, will attempt to fly across America. Solar Impulse began its journey Friday in San Francisco in its attempt to reach New York.

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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/24/2013 #4

Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The plane’s creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/24/2014 #2

The new experimental aircraft Solar Impulse 2 flies above the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland. The main goal of the project is to circumnavigate the world powered only by solar energy.

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/29/2014 #5

German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft during a training flight at its base in Payerne Switzerland, Saturday. The aircraft weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 236 ft. and has more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made from March 2015 starting from Abu Dhabi.

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#8 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/14/2014 #4

German test pilot Markus Scherdel lands the solar powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft after a training flight at its base in Payerne, Switzerland. The aircraft, which was unveiled April 9th, weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 236 ft. and has more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made from March 2015 starting from Abu Dhabi.

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/15/2014 #1

Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard prepares for a test flight of the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 experimental aircraft in Payerne. The aircraft, weighing 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters, is fitted with more than 17,000 solar cells. An attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made in 2015.

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#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/27/2015 #3

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane, flies over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Thursday, during preparations for next month’s round-the-world flight. Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg will attempt to fly around the world in a bid to prove that such a flight is possible without the use of fossil fuels. The solar-powered plane has a wingspan of 72 metres, larger than that of a Boeing 747, but weighs only 2.3 tons, about as much as a family car.

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#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/11/2015 #3

Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane, begins its historic round-the-world journey from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/12/2015 #5

Solar Impulse 2 descends in Muscat, Oman. The solar powered plane traveled from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Muscat on the first leg of its five-month flight around the world.

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#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/13/2015 #1

Solar Impulse 2, the world’s first airplane flying on solar energy, lands in Ahmedabad, India, March 10th, 2015.

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#14 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/01/2015 #2

Solar Impulse 2, the world’s largest solar powered airplane, takes off in Nanjing, China, Sunday. The plane lifted off from eastern China to continue its round the world voyage.

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#15 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/04/2015 #4

Solar Impulse 2, a solar powered plane plane powered by the sun’s rays and piloted by Andre Borschberg, approaches Kalaeloa Airport near Honolulu, Friday. His 120-hour voyage from Nagoya, Japan broke the record for the world’s longest nonstop solo flight, his team said.

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#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/25/2016 #3

A solar powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world.

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#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/14/2016 #5

Solar Impulse 2, the solar airplane, piloted by Swiss adventurer Andre Borschberg, flies over the Statue of Libery in in New York, shortly before landing at John F. Kennedy airport. Leg 14 was the shortest so far on the planes trip around the globe.

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#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/23/2016 #2

Powered by the sun, the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft flies over New York City on June 20th as Andre Borschberg embarked on the transatlantic leg of a record breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy.

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#19 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/28/2016 #5

Solar Impulse 2, the solar powered plane, piloted by Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccard, is seen before landing in Abu Dhabi to finish the first around the world flight without the use of fuel, United Arab Emirates, July 26th 2016.

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#20 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/06/2022 #15

In 2013, a solar-powered aircraft, the Solar Impulse, completed the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight, gliding to a smooth stop at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. #SolarImpulse

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