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.

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 ...

It is due back in Abu Dhabi in late July or August. The plane will stop at various locations around the world for the pilots to rest and do maintenance — and also to spread the message about ...

That, pilot André Borschberg says, is the challenge facing the Solar Impulse team as it stares down its biggest challenge yet: flying around the world in a solar-powered plane. At this moment ...

For a 19-year-old-kid who just flew a small plane around the world — setting a record in the process — MIT student Matt Guthmiller seemed to have mixed emotions that his extraordinary six-week ...

The Belgian-British teen is the daughter of two pilots, so when she announced she wanted to fly a tiny two-seat plane around the world alone, her parents were fully on board. "I always thought it ...

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 ...

You could make it around the world in fewer than 80 days in this plane, if you flew non-stop. The latest estimate is that it can be done in 25 solid days and nights—or roughly 500 hours—of flying.

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 ...