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A British-made solar powered aircraft has been airborne above a US military test range in Arizona for more than seven days continuously, it has been announced.
The "Zephyr", made by controversial MoD boffinry selloff bonanza firm Qinetiq, is still in flight above the US Army Yuma Proving Ground as of publication, having taken off last Friday. At 168 hours as of just before 3pm UK time, this far outstrips the official world record for longest duration unmanned flight (30 hours 24 minutes, set by the RQ-4A Global Hawk in 2001).
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Saturday, 17 July 2010
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