While solar-powered cars have yet to cruise much beyond design competitions, Swiss engineer André Borschberg swooped across the Pacific and into the record books when his solar-powered plane landed in Hawaii on July 3, 205 – five days after taking off from Japan.

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Tags: Aerospace, aircraft, airplane, André Borschberg, Aviation, Bertrand Piccard, Design, Environmental Engineering, Solar Energy, Solar Impulse 2, Sustainability

It’s easy to find your way to school. Now imagine trying to navigate the skies, with no signs to point you in the right direction. How do pilots find their way? These “pilot training lessons” developed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at the Stevens Institute of Technology will teach your young aviators the principles of navigation in a fun series of real-time activities.

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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, airplane, Class Activities, flight, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plan, Mathematics, NASA, Physics, vectors, windspeed