A US-built solar-electric aircraft is “weeks away” from achieving first flight to begin a 2- to 3-year flight test campaign for certification as a two-seat flight trainer, says George Bye, chief ...

George Bye, the developer a two-seat solar-electric trainer called the Sun Flyer, said yesterday that the airplane will fly with a touchscreen cockpit from Avidyne based around the all-important ...

ToyLabs has created a new solar powered aeroplane kit that has been designed specifically for children and which has taken to Kickstarter this month to raise $39,000 to go into production. The Volta ...

Quirks and Quarks8:00Levitating solar-powered micro flyers may fly high where planes and rockets can't A new solar powered micro flyer technology may be key to exploring a part of the atmosphere that ...