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Airborne 06.23.16: Solar Impulse In Spain, Terrafugia Approval, Stratolaunch

Also: Twin Otter Rescue, #OSH16Coolest Program, AMA, Charlotte-Douglas, Canadian Astros, Hidden Airline Fees, SpaceX Cargo Launch

The flight of the Solar Impulse-2 around the world has had its challenges, and the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean was planned with the utmost care because of this final long-distance overwater leg of the journey. As it turned out, things went so well that the aircraft arrived in Seville, Spain ahead of the original planned schedule. At one point during the flight, pilot Bertrand Piccard blogged that he felt quite tired at the 44 hour point, and that he had to

International Committee Of Clean Technologies Announced From Si2

ICCT Will Continue To Advocate For Clean Energy After The Circumnavigation Is Completed

From the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) flying across the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Chairman of Solar Impulse ... together with André Borschberg, Co-Founder and CEO, supervising the flight from the Mission Control Center in Monaco ... announced the intention to create the International Committee of Clean Technologies (ICCT).

Aero-TV: Fuel For The Future? – A Swift Fuels Update

Leading The Charge Towards “Getting The Lead Out”…

The issue of providing a sustainable supply of Avgas for our piston powered aircraft is something that affects a major part of the general aviation fleet. To find out more about this, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, took the opportunity at Sun ‘n Fun 2016 to talk with Chris D’Acosta, the CEO of Swift Fuels, LLC. D’Acosta told Tom that they have been working on the Unleaded 94 MON Avgas alternative fuel for a couple of years and that they now have approval for it to be used on hundreds of aircraft makes and models.

Medical Plane Makes Winter Landing At The South Pole

Worker At U.S. Scientific Research Station Needed To Be Evacuated

A Twin Otter airplane landed Tuesday in one of the harshest environments and under some of the most difficult conditions on the planet ... the second day of winter at the South Pole.

Airborne 06.22.16: Lumenati Solar, Microlight e-Go, AirVenture16 After-Hours

Also: NATA, Hartzell’s Joe Brown, Donations Sought, Blue Origin, Blue Angels, Bezos Wants Prizes, CRJ900

Solar Impulse-Two was not the only solar-powered aircraft at New York's JFK Airport this last weekend. The ‘No fuel’ Solar Impulse was joined by another ‘clean energy’ airplane that uses a combination of solar, electric and wind-power, which landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport after a 200-mile flight. The Luminati Aerospace Substrata is a 400-pound solar electric aircraft with a 45-foot wingspan. The Substrata employs a blend of solar power