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Eco Factor: Solar-powered aircraft designed for round-the-world flight. After six years of designing Solar Impulse aircraft, officially known as HB-SIA, was powered up in Switzerland. The test was performed by test pilot Markus Scherdel who...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric aircraft to run on hydrogen fuel cells. Designers at the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Aircraft Design have announced that they’ll be building an electric aircraft that will be powered by hydrogen...

Eco Factor: Personal aircraft powered by electric motors. While Solar Impulse is just waiting to hit the sky on solar energy, the University of Cambridge has already tested their twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled by ultra-light...