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QinetiQ Zephyr Breaks World Record

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QinetiQ Zephyr Breaks World Record
 Published: Aug 25, 08
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While world records were being broken at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, one of the world’s leading defence technology firms was breaking records of its own.

Can you imagine flying for more than three days in a solar powered plane?

Regular solar flight might be possible in the not too distant future.

QinetiQ claims its propeller-driven, unmanned solar aircraft called the ‘Zephyr’ flew 83 hours and 37 minutes nonstop to break the official world record set in 2001 by Northrup Grumman’s Global Hawk

After 16 days, the Olympics concluded with 43 world records being broken. However, there's another record today that's no less exciting. QinetiQ claimed Sunday that its propeller-driven aircraft called Zephyr flew for 83 hours and 37 minutes nonstop, more than doubling the official world record set by Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk in 2001. (news.cnet)

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FOUR WAYS TO REACT: vote, favorite, add more examples of Solar Powered Planes or comment about QinetiQ Zephyr Breaks World Record.

Favorited by Adam Lowe on Aug 25, 08
rocketranger on Aug 26, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Radical solar use, have solar plane flying FT & have shuttle planes (parasite planes) dock to solar plane: See B36 Parasite X48 Goblin experiments in 1950s & USS Los Angeles airship experiments in 1930s. Radical Or as Drones overflying the globe. Radical.
rocketranger on Aug 26, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments +2


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