Solar Impulse (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Solar Impulse" in English language version.

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abb-conversations.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Solar Impulse launches Mission Control Center in Monaco". ABB Conversations. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

aerotime.aero (Global: 8,431^st place; English: 5,500^th place)

Molyneaux, Ian (5 April 2024). "World's first unmanned large solar aircraft takes flight". Aerotime.

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; English: 119^th place)

"Solar-powered Swiss plane attempts flight around world". Al Jazeera. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

ap.org (Global: 1,968^th place; English: 1,138^th place)

bigstory.ap.org

"Solar Powered Plane Finishes Journey, Lands in NYC". Associated Press. 7 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
"Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas". Associated Press. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "Solar Plane Completes Longest Leg of Cross-Country Flight". Yahoo News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16815 – Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16817 – Free Distance". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; and "FAI Record ID #16816 – Distance along a course, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

hosted.ap.org

"Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip". Daytona Beach News Journal. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

aviationweek.com (Global: 1,271^st place; English: 732^nd place)

Graham Warwick (7 February 2023). "Solar-Powered Skydweller Completes First Autonomous Flights". Aviation Week.

avweb.com (Global: 4,610^th place; English: 2,458^th place)

Grady, Mary (May 2010). "Solar Impulse Flies on Pure Sunlight". Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
Niles, Russ (May 2011). "Solar Impulse Crosses Border". AvWeb. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

bbc.co.uk

"Solar Impulse lands in St Louis in trans-America bid". BBC. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
"Two hops for trans-US solar plane". BBC. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
"Trans-US solar plane reaches Dulles". BBC. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
"Solar plane makes inaugural flight". BBC. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

news.bbc.co.uk

Palmer, Jason (3 December 2009). "Record solar plane's first 'hop'". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
"Solar-powered plane lands safely after 26-hour flight". BBC. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

Amos, Jonathan (21 April 2016). "Solar Impulse sets off for California after long lay-off". BBC.
Amos, Jonathan. "Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing with landing in Seville", BBC, 23 June 2016
Amos, Jonathan. "Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane lands in Cairo", BBC, 13 July 2016
"Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip", BBC, 26 July 2016
"Solar Impulse lands in California after Pacific crossing", BBC, 24 April 2016
Amos, Jonathan. "Solar Impulse plane begins Pacific crossing", BBC News, 31 May 2015
Morelle, Rebecca. "Solar Impulse begins second bid to cross Pacific Ocean", BBC News, 28 June 2015
Amos, Jonathan. "Solar Impulse grounded until 2016", BBC, 15 July 2015
Amos, Jonathan (2 May 2016). "Solar Impulse aeroplane reaches Phoenix, Arizona". BBC News.

bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)

Randall, Tom. "This Plane Runs on Sun and Is About to Smash Some Records", Bloomberg L.P., 15 June 2015

businessweek.com (Global: 945^th place; English: 628^th place)

businessweek.com

Engeler, Eliane (8 July 2010). "Solar plane lands after completing 24-hour flight". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

news.businessweek.com

van Loon, Jeremy (8 July 2010). "Solar-Powered Plane Lands Safely After Overnight Flight". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

charlotteobserver.com (Global: 2,633^rd place; English: 1,300^th place)

Berger, Noah. "Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean" Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Charlotte Observer, 24 April 2016

cite-sciences.fr (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Solar Impulse 1 s'expose". Cite Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2026.

cleantechnica.com (Global: 8,581^st place; English: 5,991^st place)

Archangel, Amber."Solar Impulse Sets World Record: 117 Hours & 52 Minutes – Longest Solo Flight Ever". cleantechnica.com. 6 July 2015.

cnet.com (Global: 447^th place; English: 345^th place)

Reisinger, Don. "Solar-powered plane embarks on longest leg of round-the-world flight", CNET, 29 June 2015

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Molko, David. "Solar-powered plane on round-the-world flight gets stuck in China", CNN, 17 April 2015
Molko, Davis. "Solar Impulse: Plane's pilots ground record-setting attempt until 2016", CNN, 15 July 2015

edition.cnn.com

"Can solar power fuel future flight". CNN. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

engadget.com (Global: 613^th place; English: 442^nd place)

"Solar Impulse ends cross-country US flight slightly early in NY due to torn left wing". Engadget.com. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

faa.gov (Global: 985^th place; English: 575^th place)

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"AIN Detail Report – N247PF". FAA Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing system. Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 6 May 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026.

fai.org (Global: 5,754^th place; English: 4,428^th place)

"The FAI ratifies Solar Impulse's World Records". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
Solar Impulse’s HB-SIA obtains two new world records Archived 15 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. SolarImpulse.com. 26 September 2012. See also: FAI Record ID #16558 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine and FAI Record ID #16560 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
"Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas". Associated Press. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "Solar Plane Completes Longest Leg of Cross-Country Flight". Yahoo News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16815 – Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16817 – Free Distance". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; and "FAI Record ID #16816 – Distance along a course, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) website states that the "Free distance along course" was 7,039.9 km. FAI Record ID #17595 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved 29 July 2015
The FAI does not record this record as official, since the FAI does not have an "any aircraft" category. See "FAI records page", Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 29 July 2015
Solar Impulse team records the distance as 1,593 km. The FAI website states that the "Straight Distance – pre-declared waypoints" was 1,468 km. FAI "Record ID #17429" Archived 13 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved 1 August 2015
The FAI website states that the "Free distance along course" was 2614.5 km. FAI "Record ID #17558" Archived 13 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved 29 July 2015

finance.yahoo.com (Global: 894^th place; English: 567^th place)

Schreck, Adam (20 January 2015). "Solar plane pioneers lay out round-the-world flight plan". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

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Davidson, Osha Gray (13 May 2011). "Solar-Powered Airplane Makes Historic Flight". Forbes. Retrieved 13 May 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

futurride.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Skydweller on mission to fly uncrewed solar aircraft autonomously nonstop around the world". 25 July 2024.

gizmodo.com (Global: 763^rd place; English: 486^th place)

Diaz, Jesus (23 May 2007). "Solar Impulse: Around the World in a 100% Sun-powered Airplane". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 212^th place; English: 141^st place)

Morosini, Marco. "A majestic solar dragonfly landed in San Francisco – Is this the future?", The Huffington Post, 28 April 2016; and "Live conversation between UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon & Bertrand Piccard", Solar Impulse, YouTube, 22 April 2016

ibtimes.com (Global: 1,495^th place; English: 1,080^th place)

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Marisa, Krystian (June 2011). "Solar Impulse Plane: A Rare Treat For Crowds in Paris". Retrieved 15 June 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

Div, Stav. "Solar Impulse 2: The groundbreaking aircraft demonstrating the possibilities of clean energy", The Independent, 2 June 2016

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Swiss team makes 1st test flight of prototype for round-the-world solar flight". Los Angeles Times. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.^{[dead link]}

nbcnews.com (Global: 156^th place; English: 101^st place)

"Solar Impulse 2 Lands in Ohio to Complete Latest Leg of Global Trip", NBC, 21 May 2016
"Solar Impulse 2 Lands in Pennsylvania in Latest Leg of Global Journey", NBC, 25 May 2016

news.yahoo.com (Global: 183^rd place; English: 212^th place)

Batrawy, Aya (9 March 2015). "Solar-powered plane takes off for flight around the world". news.yahoo.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
"Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas". Associated Press. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "Solar Plane Completes Longest Leg of Cross-Country Flight". Yahoo News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16815 – Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; "FAI Record ID #16817 – Free Distance". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.; and "FAI Record ID #16816 – Distance along a course, pre-declared waypoints". FAI. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
Keyrouz, Wissam (7 March 2015). "Solar plane revs up for historic round-the-world flight". AFP via Yahoo. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

newscientist.com (Global: 1,041^st place; English: 901^st place)

Simonite, Tom (3 December 2009). "Solar-powered piloted plane makes its first 'flea hop'". New Scientist. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

npr.org (Global: 114^th place; English: 75^th place)

Chappell, Bill (3 May 2016). "Solar Airplane Lands in Phoenix After Flight From Silicon Valley". NPR. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Cardwell, Diane (1 May 2013). "Cross-Country Solar Plane Expedition Set for Takeoff". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
"A Speck in the Sky". The New York Times. 21 March 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
Maron, Dina Fine (6 July 2010). "Swiss Team to Launch Solar Night Flight". The New York Times. ClimateWire. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Cowell, Alan (8 July 2010). "Solar-Powered Plane Flies for 26 Hours". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

onlinecoin.club (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Twenty Francs 2015 Solar Impulse" (page visited on 21 February 2024).

phys.org (Global: 1,595^th place; English: 1,363^rd place)

"Solar Impulse plane makes first maintenance flight in Hawaii", Phys.org, 28 February 2016

planet-techno-science.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Solar Impulse: Premier vol international réussi pour l'avion solaire" (in French). Planet Techno Science. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

post.ch (Global: low place; English: low place)

(in French) "La Poste rend hommage à « Solar Impulse 2 » avec un timbre commémoratif", press release of the Swiss Post published on 27 July 2016 (page visited on 7 September 2016).

qz.com (Global: 1,740^th place; English: 1,127^th place)

Mudallal, Zainab (16 January 2015). "This solar-powered airplane is about to take its first around-the-world flight". Quartz. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

renewableenergyworld.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Delony, Jennifer. "Solar Impulse Live: Solar Airplane Pilot Gives Interview While Flying from Hawaii to California", RenewableEnergyWorld.com, 22 April 2016

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Solar plane completes maiden intercontinental trip". Reuters. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

solarimpulse.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

solarimpulse.com

"HB-SIA Mission". solarimpulse.com. Solar Impulse Project. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
"Across America". Solar Impulse. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
"Leg 7: Nanjing to Nagoya" Archived 2 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Solar Impulse. Retrieved 29 July 2015; "Solar Impulse touches down on unscheduled Japan stop", The Sun Daily (Malaysia), 2 June 2015
"What happened between 2001 and 2003?". Solar Impulse. 31 December 2003. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
"Major steps". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
"Building a Solar Airplane" Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Solar Impulse. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Piccard, Bertrand (4 April 2014). "Solar Impulse gets a lift!". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
Dijakovic, Viktoria (10 October 2013). "Peter Diamandis our New Patron". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"Partners, Financing Structure". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
"Around the World in a Solar Airplane" (PDF). Solar Impulse. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
"Plane". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
"Description of HB-SIA". SolarImpulse.com. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
"A setback for Solar Impulse: the solar plane favours safety and heads back to Brussels". June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
Solar Impulse’s HB-SIA obtains two new world records Archived 15 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. SolarImpulse.com. 26 September 2012. See also: FAI Record ID #16558 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine and FAI Record ID #16560 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
Timeline: "Without a spar, what's next?" Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Solar Impulse, 19 July 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2013
"Our Adventure". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
"Leg 1: Abu Dhabi to Muscat". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 2: Muscat to Ahmedabad". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
"Leg 3: Ahmedabad to Varanasi". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 4; Varanasi to Mandalay". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
"Leg 5: Mandalay to Chongqing". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 6: Chongqing to Nanjing". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
"Leg 8: Nagoya to Hawaii" Deprecated link archived 4 February 2016 at archive.today, Solar Impulse. Retrieved 29 July 2015
"Leg 9: Hawaii to Mountain View". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
"Leg 10: San Francisco to Phoenix". Solar Impulse. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
"Leg 11: Phoenix to Tulsa". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 12: Tulsa to Dayton". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 13: Dayton to Lehigh Valley". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 14: Lehigh Valley to New York". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 15: New York to Seville". Solar Impulse.
"Leg 16: Seville to Cairo". Solar Impulse.
"We Are in Abu Dhabi", Solar Impulse, 26 July 2016
Lebleu, Tristan (11 September 2019). "A Second Life for the Solar Impulse (Si2) Airplane" (Press release). Solar Impulse.

info.solarimpulse.com

"Solar Impulse – Around the world in a solar airplane". SunPower. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.; and Dijakovic, Viktoria (17 July 2012). "Construction HB-SIB Solar Cells". Solar Impulse.
"Across America Event Summary". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

aroundtheworld.solarimpulse.com

Solar Impulse. 2020. Solar Impulse - Around The World To Promote Clean Technologies. [online] Available at: <https://aroundtheworld.solarimpulse.com/our-story/milestone-feasibility-study> [Accessed 10 March 2020].

sunpowercorp.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

global.sunpowercorp.com

"Solar Impulse – Around the world in a solar airplane". SunPower. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.; and Dijakovic, Viktoria (17 July 2012). "Construction HB-SIB Solar Cells". Solar Impulse.

swissinfo.ch (Global: 1,180^th place; English: 1,370^th place)

"Government supports Solar Impulse with CHF6m". SwissInfo.ch. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
Renfer, Marc; Dieuaide, Yann (23 November 2020). "Solar Impulse to be reborn as a military-linked project".
"Solar Impulse to start 'second life' in Spain". 11 September 2019.
swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (8 May 2026). "Solar Impulse aircraft destroyed in Gulf of Mexico crash". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2026.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

"Solar Impulse completes record-breaking flight". The Daily Telegraph. London. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Herrmann, Joshi (27 July 2015). "Solar Impulse's troubled round-the-world flight: 'We need to raise €20m'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
"Solar Impulse 2 lands in Egypt in penultimate stop of its world tour". The Guardian. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

thenational.ae (Global: 3,188^th place; English: 4,888^th place)

Al Wasmi, Naser (25 September 2014). "Pilots to take off from Abu Dhabi for historic solar-powered flight". The National. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

thenationalnews.com (Global: 1,153^rd place; English: 616^th place)

Al Wasmi, Naser. "After months-long hiatus, Solar Impulse 2 gets set to fly again", The National, 11 March 2016
Al Wasmi, Naser. "Exclusive: Solar Impulse headed back to Abu Dhabi the long way round", The National, 8 January 2016

thesundaily.my (Global: 7,926^th place; English: 5,620^th place)

"Leg 7: Nanjing to Nagoya" Archived 2 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Solar Impulse. Retrieved 29 July 2015; "Solar Impulse touches down on unscheduled Japan stop", The Sun Daily (Malaysia), 2 June 2015

tulsaworld.com (Global: 2,252^nd place; English: 1,053^rd place)

Ryburn, Stacy. "Solar plane lands at Tulsa International Airport", Tulsa World, 12 May 2016

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

Rice, Doyle. "Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York City, final U.S. destination", USA Today, 11 June 2016

vimeo.com (Global: 1,259^th place; English: 860^th place)

Coleman, Nik (2 September 2024). "Skydweller - Towards Perpetual Flight".

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"HB-SIA Mission". solarimpulse.com. Solar Impulse Project. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
"Swiss solar plane makes history with night flight". Swisster.ch. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
"Across America". Solar Impulse. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Al Wasmi, Naser (25 September 2014). "Pilots to take off from Abu Dhabi for historic solar-powered flight". The National. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
"Leg 7: Nanjing to Nagoya" Archived 2 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Solar Impulse. Retrieved 29 July 2015; "Solar Impulse touches down on unscheduled Japan stop", The Sun Daily (Malaysia), 2 June 2015
Berger, Noah. "Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean" Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Charlotte Observer, 24 April 2016
"What happened between 2001 and 2003?". Solar Impulse. 31 December 2003. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
"Can solar power fuel future flight". CNN. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
"Major steps". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
"Building a Solar Airplane" Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Solar Impulse. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Piccard, Bertrand (4 April 2014). "Solar Impulse gets a lift!". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
Dijakovic, Viktoria (10 October 2013). "Peter Diamandis our New Patron". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"Solar Impulse – Around the world in a solar airplane". SunPower. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.; and Dijakovic, Viktoria (17 July 2012). "Construction HB-SIB Solar Cells". Solar Impulse.
"Partners, Financing Structure". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
"Around the World in a Solar Airplane" (PDF). Solar Impulse. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
Engeler, Eliane (8 July 2010). "Solar plane lands after completing 24-hour flight". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
"Plane". Solar Impulse. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
"Description of HB-SIA". SolarImpulse.com. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
Diaz, Jesus (23 May 2007). "Solar Impulse: Around the World in a 100% Sun-powered Airplane". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
Grady, Mary (May 2010). "Solar Impulse Flies on Pure Sunlight". Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
"Solar Impulse completes record-breaking flight". The Daily Telegraph. London. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
van Loon, Jeremy (8 July 2010). "Solar-Powered Plane Lands Safely After Overnight Flight". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
"The FAI ratifies Solar Impulse's World Records". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
Niles, Russ (May 2011). "Solar Impulse Crosses Border". AvWeb. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
"A setback for Solar Impulse: the solar plane favours safety and heads back to Brussels". June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
Solar Impulse’s HB-SIA obtains two new world records Archived 15 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. SolarImpulse.com. 26 September 2012. See also: FAI Record ID #16558 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine and FAI Record ID #16560 Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
"Solar Powered Plane Finishes Journey, Lands in NYC". Associated Press. 7 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
"Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip". Daytona Beach News Journal. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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