Year: 2012

BANGKOK POST Solar-powered plane attempts first intercontinental flight Online news: World A Swiss adventurer aims to make the world’s first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered plane Tuesday, taking off from Madrid...

Solar-powered plane lands in Morocco MADRID – An experimental solar-powered plane has landed in Morocco after flying from Madrid in the first transcontinental flight. The single-seat aircraft fitted with 12,000 solar cells...

The Standard Hong Kong China High hopes for solar craft A Swiss adventurer yesterday soared above sun-splashed Spanish valleys toward Morocco on the world’s first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered...

AFP Solar plane lands in Morocco RABAT (AFP) A solar plane landed late Tuesday in the Moroccan capital Rabat after flying across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain on the world’s first intercontinental flight in a plane...

Salé – Solar Impulse, an aircraft powered entirely by the sun, made the world’s first solar-powered intercontinental flight when it landed in Rabat-Salé airport at 23:30 (22:30 GMT). Piloted by the Swiss Bernard...