Monday, December 3, 2012

Solar Energy - Solar-powered plane aims to fly around the world




Powered entirely by the sun, the plane is the first of its kind to fly at night. The goal? A 20-day, 20-night trip around the world. Bob Simon reports.



In the News:




CBS News

Solar-powered plane aims to fly around the world
CBS News
Twenty-four years later, Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly over the Atlantic. Coming soon...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 ...

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Solar Powered Flight Around The World - An Interview With Martin Kreuter
Azom.com
... aircraft, the proportion of Bayer materials is set to rise again significantly. The aim of the collaboration is to develop and test tailor-made, lightweight, high-performance materials. ... The aircraft flew to Spain and then to Morocco in 2012 and ...




AVweb

Two-Seat Solar Flight
AVweb
Solar flight pioneer Eric Raymond is working to complete his first two-seat design, Sunseeker Duo, which he expects will be "the highest performing solar airplane ever built and the first to carry passengers," and he's seeking grassroots support ...




Beyond Bayonets and Battleships
Huffington Post
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the “father of U.S. military intelligence” Colonel Ralph Van Deman drew upon security methods he had developed years before in the Philippines to found the Army's Military Intelligence Division ...

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4 Scenarios for the Coming Collapse of the American Empire By Alfred W McCoy
Al-Jazeerah.info
No such luck. Under current projections, the United States will find itself in second place behind China (already the world's second largest economy) in economic output around 2026, and behind India by 2050. ..... [U.S.] aircraft carriers in the ...




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