Piccard lands successfully in Ahmedabad
Wednesday, 11 March 2015 10:27
Piccard's Record Attempt in the Second Leg of the Around the World in a Solar Aircraft Mission
Tuesday, 10 March 2015 10:09
Around the World in a Solar Airplane - Solar Impulse 2 successfully lands in Oman
Monday, 09 March 2015 17:28
Congratulations to André Borschberg and the whole Solar Impulse team! Around the World in a Solar Airplane - Solar Impulse 2 Took-Off This Morning From Abu Dhabi
Monday, 09 March 2015 11:53
FAI Secretary Susanne Schödel witnessed Solar Impulse take-off this morning in Abu Dhabi to reach Muscat (Oman), before crossing the Arabian Sea to Ahmedabad (India). 3 March 2005 : Steve Fossett, the First Man to Fly Solo Around the World, Unrefuelled
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:27
Aviation and Space World Records Anniversaries to Celebrate in 2015
Friday, 20 February 2015 11:49
The first space-walk by Alexey Leonov in 1965, the first solo flight across the Pacific Ocean by Steve Fossett in 1995, the highest ballooning flight by Vijaypat Singhania in 2005, to name only a few. These are the outstanding records whose anniversaries will be celebrated by FAI in 2015 with a series of articles and social media messages. Dug out of the Federation’s archives, the most valuable, interesting and exclusive documents and pictures will be made available to the public and the media on these occasions. Two Eagles Balloon Lands in Mexico After Crossing the Pacific Ocean in a Record Time
Monday, 02 February 2015 09:24
Solar Impulse 2 to fly around the world without fuel
Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:17
Ratification of Solar Impulse's Across America Mission records
Wednesday, 30 October 2013 16:35
The FAI has today ratified the three world records claimed by Solar Impulse pilot André Borschberg from Switzerland, following a performance flight achieved on 23 May 2013 from Phoenix to Dallas (USA). Solar Impulse makes history with Across America Mission completion
Monday, 08 July 2013 16:25
50 years later, Bykovsky's record for longest solo flight on a spacecraft still intact
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 13:54
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Bertrand Piccard successfully landed in Ahmedabad, India. It is the first time that Solar Impulse lands on the Asian continent. He piloted Solar Impulse 2 from Muscat, flying across the Arabian Sea over a distance of 1468 km. The FAI will review the distance record claim dossier, and if it is ratified it will supersede the record previously set by André Borschberg onboard Solar Impulse in 2013.
Bertrand Piccard took off this morning at 6:35 UTC+4 from Muscat, Oman, onboard Solar Impulse 2. Before starting his journey to Ahmedabad, India, he revealed that he would attempt to break the FAI world record of Distance in the Experimental / New Technologies, Solar-Powered Aeroplane category.
Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered aircraft piloted by André Borschberg, landed a few minutes ago in Muscat Oman, after taking off this morning from Abu Dhabi. The first leg of the "Around the World in a Solar Aircraft" mission is now completed.
With whom else than Steve Fossett could we open our series of world record celebrations? From 1995 to 2007, the FAI ratified 93 of his performances, which makes him the holder of the largest number of world records. These figures are unequalled, and they are all the more impressive given that they are linked to achievements in four different air sports, namely Ballooning, Airships, Gliding and General Aviation.
Two Eagles Balloon landed on Saturday just off the Baja coast near La Poza Grande in Mexico, at six days, 16 hours and 37 minutes into the mission after taking off from Saga, Japan, on Sunday 25 January. The pilots Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev made a controlled descent to a gentle water landing about four miles off the Baja coast. They have been picked up by a fishing boat and taken to shore.
The new solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 was presented yesterday in Payerne, Switzerland, by Swiss pilots and cofounders of the project Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. The plane is set to attempt to fly around the world without a drop a fuel in 2015.
Solar Impulse completed its journey across America using solely solar energy. This achievement was made on the occasion of the Across America Mission which aimed at flying Solar Impulse from the West to the East coast of USA in 5 legs without using fuel.
50 years after his solo flight onboard a soviet spaceship, Valery Fiodorovich Bykovsky, born in 1934, is still the holder of the world record for duration in the "Spacecraft with one astronaut" category.
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