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Recently Solar Impulse caught eyeballs and captured imagination with its long duration flights across the US and the world. However, contrary to the popular belief, electric aviation is not a new concept. In fact it was as early as 1883 when airship made by the French Engineer Gaston Tissandier used electric propulsion. Similarly, even in the early 20th century, not […]
Solar Impulse 2, the second aircraft by the Solar impulse project is currently circumnavigating the globe. The official name of the aircraft is HB SIB, while that of its predecessor was HB SIA. In this article they will be referred as Solar Impulse 1 & 2 respectively. Data has been collected for both the aircrafts […]
It was in 1873, when Jules Verne published the novel, “Around the world in 80 days”. As soon as the book was released it captivated the imagination of the masses. The idea of circumnavigating the earth, which was over 24000 miles long in relatively short time span was a challenging feat at the time. After […]
