12 May 2011: First Human-Powered Rotorcraft Record Celebrates 5 Years Anni....

On 12 May 2011, biology student and female pilot Judith Wexler flew the human-powered helicopter “Gamera I” for 4.2 seconds in College Park, MD (U....

8 July 2010: Borschberg Breaks the First Solar-Powered Aeroplane Records O....

Five years ago today, Swiss pilot André Borschberg landed the zero-fuel aircraft Solar Impulse HB-SIA after a 26h 10m 19s flight from and to Payerne,....

Unique Unmanned Plane Sets Duration World Record

  The VA001 flew for 56 hours without refuelling – setting a new world record for flight duration.

CIACA goes ahead with smartflyerchallenge

The future is electric: Not only on the ground, in the air as well. Electric driven planes are already reality.To support the electrical mobility in....

Electric-flight record heralds new era of aviation

Walter Extra, the famous aerobatics pilot behind the Extra series of aerobatic planes, has set a FAI world record in the new field of Electric-powered....

Done! Solar Impulse 2 completes First Round-The-World Solar Flight and wr....

They did it! After over 12 years of research and design, Swiss pioneers Dr. Bertrand Piccard (Initiator, Chairman and Pilot) and André Borschberg (Co....

Solar Impulse 2 closes in on Circumnavigation with Cairo Arrival!

On its historical journey around the world, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the solar airplane of Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg �....