LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France (AP) — When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about ...

As the aviation industry looks to lower its carbon emissions, the race is on to find an alternative way of fueling air travel, and hydrogen is looking to be a frontrunner. To prove its potential, a ...

A year after launch of the project, Climate Impulse is reporting progress toward its goal of flying around the world nonstop on hydrogen-electric power in 2028. The cockpit shell has been built and ...

New company 49 Sud will lead development and construction of the round-the-word Climate Impulse. Credit: Climate Impulse Bertrand Piccard, who co-led the Solar Impulse project that completed the first ...

Swiss environmentalist, explorer and pilot Bertrand Piccard looks at the cockpit of the Climate Impulse plane under construction in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on February 13, 2025. The ...

After achieving the first circumnavigations of the globe in a balloon and more recently in a solar aircraft, Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard unveils his new emission-free project: a green hydrogen ...

Bertrand Piccard is no stranger to achieving the improbable. In 1999, the Swiss aviator and his copilot Brian Jones were the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot-air balloon. In 2016, he did it ...

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LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France — When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate ...

Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard touches Climate Impulse, a plane powered by liquid hydrogen, at the press presentation of the project in a hangar in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, Thursday, Feb.