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Zephyr Solar Plane Tops 7 Days Aloft

Posted by timothy on from the ok-but-jetfuel-for-me-yet dept.

chichilalescu writes "The UK-built Zephyr solar-powered plane has smashed the endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle. The craft took off from the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona at 1440 BST (0640 local time) last Friday and is still in the air. Maybe we can attach some netbooks, and extend the Internet to the clouds."

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