After 16 months and a 17-leg journey, a solar-powered plane finally completed its around-the-world flight attempt Monday evening when it touched down in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The plane ...

From a workshop on France's Atlantic coast, aviation pioneer Bertand Piccard and partners are feverishly ramping up ...

another possible breakthrough. Two Swiss gentlemen have built a plane which they hope to fly across the United States next spring and then around the world without burning an ounce of fuel.

If he succeeds, Borschberg – and his partner Bertrand Piccard, who’s been sharing flying duties along the route – will be the first aviators in history to fly a plane around the world ...

For the first time in history, a solar-powered plane is flying around the world — all without a drip of fossil fuel. The two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, started their ...

SALINAS WILL BE THE FIRST STOP IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR THE SHORTEST TIME FLYING AROUND THE WORLD. THE FLIGHT TOOK OFF FROM WICHITA THIS EVENING AROUND 10. RIGHT NOW IT'S PASSING THE ...

Stratolaunch Roc, the world's biggest airplane ... unlike other hypersonic planes, and has room to carry up to three rockets. Measuring around 239 feet in length and 50 feet in height ...

When Piccard spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight a decade ago, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionising air ...