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Amazon expands logistics with branded air cargo plane
2016-08-08 16:06:20| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Online retail giant Amazon has unveiled its first branded air cargo plane amid an agreement to lease a fleet of 40 as the company eyes an expansion of its transportation network and greater supply chain capacity for its customers.
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Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane begins final flight
2016-07-24 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has left the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its global tour. The aircraft should take about 48 hours to reach Abu Dhabi, UEA - the place it began the circumnavigation in March 2015. Pilot Bertrand Piccard is at the controls one final time. His flight ought to be fairly straightforward, although his team has some concerns about how the heat in the Middle East may affect the plane. Mr Piccard is likely to have to spend a lot of time at high altitude...
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Georgia Tech Student Designs Fuel-Cell Plane
2016-06-27 22:12:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A Georgia Tech graduate student answered a challenge from NASA in 2014 to design an all-electric aviation vehicle read more
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Solar Impulse Plane Lands in Spain After Trans-Atlantic Flight
2016-06-23 22:10:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Solar Impulse 2, the experimental solar plane that has been touted as a "flying microgrid" has crossed the Atlantic without a drop of fuel. read more
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Solar Impulse 2 completes first ever Atlantic crossing by solar plane
2016-06-23 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first ever crossing of the Atlantic by a solar-powered aeroplane, landing in Spain early on Thursday morning. The four-day trip, which started in New York, was the latest leg of a round-the-world journey due to end in Abu Dhabi. During the crossing, pilot Bertrand Piccard spotted whales breaching the waters beneath and an iceberg that had floated south from the Arctic. The purpose of the circumnavigation is to showcase the capabilities of clean, renewable energy....
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