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We were facing the oceans... We had to build up this mindset, not just the plane and technology.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I’m sure that within the next 10 years we’ll see electric airplanes carrying 50 passengers on short- to medium-haul flights.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
More than an achievement in the history of aviation, Solar Impulse has made history in energy, i’m sure that within the next 10 years we’ll see electric airplanes carrying 50 passengers on short- to medium-haul flights.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Clean technology is a huge opportunity that will create jobs, make profits and protect the environment.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It was fantastic to take off from one of the busiest airports and one of the most famous airports in the world.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
You need to get out of your comfort zone, this is really the world I live, the world of exploration – it’s something that we should teach much more to our children in school.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is exactly our goal with Solar Impulse, we try to show that we can cross this iconic ocean with a solar airplane without a single drop of fuel.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It’s very symbolic to be in the air at that moment.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This was my vision when I created that project – it was to have an airplane that can fly with no fuel.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Our airplane has not been built to carry passengers but to convey a message.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This was my vision when I created that project – it was to have an airplane that can fly with no fuel, this is fantastic, to prove that clean technology can achieve [the] impossible.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Can you imagine that a solar powered airplane without fuel can now fly longer than a jet plane! this is a clear message that clean technologies can achieve impossible goals.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
An airplane flying day and night without fuel is more than a spectacular milestone in aviation, it's the living proof that clean technologies and renewable energies can achieve incredible feats; and that all these energy efficient technologies should now be used globally in order to have a cleaner world.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
To see the coast of the U.S. after passing the second leg of the Pacific, it will be fantastic.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I have prepared a lot of things – I have done a lot of simulations.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Maybe it will fail. Andre and I are very clear with ourselves, that maybe we'll bail out.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The airplane is ready. The mission control center is ready. We've been waiting for that moment since so long.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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