https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2, grounded in Hawaii since the summer for repairs, will be ready to fly again by April 20th, the project's spokeswoman says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151223/swiss-solar-plane-set-to-resume-flight-in-april Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:40:36 +0100 swiss-solar-plane-set-to-resume-flight-in-april A Swiss solar-powered aircraft on a round-the-world flight was high above the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, over a quarter of the way to Hawaii after leaving Japan, the mission website showed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150630/solar-impulse Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:27:11 +0200 solar-impulse Solar Impulse 2, the Swiss solar-powered plane trapped in Japan for three weeks by the rainy season, is set to take off for Hawaii early on Wednesday on the next leg of its round-the-world trip, the project's team says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150623/solar-impulse-set-to-leave-japan-for-hawaii Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:41:25 +0200 solar-impulse-set-to-leave-japan-for-hawaii The pilot of a Swiss solar-powered plane trapped in Japan by the country's rainy season said on Thursday that he is prepared to wait two more months for a weather window, but may eventually have to give up for the year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150618/solar-plane-has-two-month-window-to-leave-japan Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:32:20 +0200 solar-plane-has-two-month-window-to-leave-japan An ambitious attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered plane is facing a "moment of truth" after two weeks of bad weather that have left it stuck in Japan, its Swiss pilot said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150616/solar-impulse-team-faces-moment-of-truth Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:38:38 +0200 solar-impulse-team-faces-moment-of-truth Switzerland's Solar Impulse 2 will be stuck in Japan for at least a week, its pilot says, after the sun-powered aircraft sustained damage to its delicate wing while on the ground. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150604/wing-damage-grounds-solar-impulse-in-japan Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:03:43 +0200 wing-damage-grounds-solar-impulse-in-japan The Swiss sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 was expected to be covered late Tuesday, finally allowing support staff to let go of the lightweight plane almost 24 hours after it arrived in Japan. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150602/solar-impulse-in-danger-of-blowing-away Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:20:12 +0200 solar-impulse-in-danger-of-blowing-away Switzerland's Solar Impulse 2 landed safely in Nagoya, Japan on Monday night, making an unscheduled stop on its round-the-world trip caused by bad weather over the Pacific. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150601/solar-impulse-sets-record-with-japan-landing Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:06:14 +0200 solar-impulse-sets-record-with-japan-landing The Swiss pilot who will attempt a record flight over the Pacific in a solar-powered plane played down the risks on Monday, describing the mission as a journey of self-discovery. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150504/weather-delays-pacific-leg-of-solar-planes-flight Mon, 04 May 2015 13:46:56 +0200 weather-delays-pacific-leg-of-solar-planes-flight The Swiss pilot set to attempt an ambitious crossing of the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered plane said on Wednesday that the flight will not only test the aircraft but his own endurance as well. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150422/solar-plane-pacific-crossing-a-human-challenge Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:00:32 +0200 solar-plane-pacific-crossing-a-human-challenge Switzerland's Solar Impulse 2 landed late on Tuesday in the Chinese city of Nanjing, finishing the sixth stage of its landmark 12-leg quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150421/solar-impulse-finishes-sixth-stage-in-chongqing Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:12:12 +0200 solar-impulse-finishes-sixth-stage-in-chongqing Solar Impulse 2 landed early Tuesday in China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, as the Swiss aircraft completed the fifth leg of its landmark circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150330/weather-in-china-slows-solar-impulses-progress Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:03:04 +0200 weather-in-china-slows-solar-impulses-progress Switzerland's Solar Impulse 2 took off from Myanmar's second biggest city of Mandalay early on Monday and headed for China's Chongqing, the fifth flight of a landmark journey to circumnavigate the globe powered solely by the sun. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150330/solar-impulse-flies-to-china-on-fifth-flight Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:43:12 +0200 solar-impulse-flies-to-china-on-fifth-flight One of the Swiss pilots who is trying to make history by flying a solar-powered plane around the world launched an angry attack on Indian bureaucracy on Wednesday after a lengthy hold-up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150318/solar-impulse-pilot-raps-indian-red-tape Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:10:48 +0100 solar-impulse-pilot-raps-indian-red-tape Solar Impulse 2 landed in India late on Tuesday, completing the first major sea leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150310/solar-impulse-2-lands-in-gujurat-after-sea-leg Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:20:27 +0100 solar-impulse-2-lands-in-gujurat-after-sea-leg The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy will be launched Monday in Abu Dhabi, its Swiss pilots said, in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150308/solar-impulse-world-trip-set-for-abu-dhabi-launch Sun, 08 Mar 2015 22:15:09 +0100 solar-impulse-world-trip-set-for-abu-dhabi-launch A Swiss sun-powered plane made a successful test flight early Monday, clearing a vital hurdle towards a planned round-the-world trip next year, its pilot and mission chiefs said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140602/solar-impulse-2-makes-maiden-flight Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:55:00 +0200 solar-impulse-2-makes-maiden-flight After sailing around the world in a solar-powered boat in 2012, Swiss adventurer Raphaël Domjan has set his sights on establishing a new record by flying a two-seat plane to the edge of space, more than 24 kilometres above the earth. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140319/swiss-adventurer-aims-to-fly-plane-to-space Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:38:00 +0100 swiss-adventurer-aims-to-fly-plane-to-space The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a glacier in the canton of Valais on Sunday is one of the co-founders of the Solar Impulse project to fly a fuel-free plane around the world, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131210/solar-impulse-co-founder-in-helicopter-crash Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:10:00 +0100 solar-impulse-co-founder-in-helicopter-crash The Solar Impulse, the experimental solar aircraft operated by two Swiss adventurers, landed in New York late Saturday, ending their transcontinental trip across the United States. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130707/solar-airplane-completes-us-trip-in-new-york Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:53:00 +0200 solar-airplane-completes-us-trip-in-new-york