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Can You Fly As Long As A Day? This Is The New Longest Nonstop Flight In The World
Ultra long-haul flights are likely to become even more common in the future. Here's why passengers are increasingly preferring long, direct flights and how to comfortably travel in one.
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US Drone Crashes Hours Before Breaking 63-Year-Old Record for Longest Flight
A US solar-powered drone nearly broke the record for the longest flight when it flew continously for 64 hours before crashing on August 19. The Zephy S drone was being evaluated by the US military and spent over 64 days in the stratosphere before it crashed, according to a report.
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Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth After Record 6 Months on Tiangong Space Station
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely after spending a record six months aboard China's new space station, doubling the previous stay of the country's longest single flight in space.
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Watch: Stunt Pilot Sets Guinness World Record For Longest Flight Through A Tunnel
The stunt was performed outside Istanbul, Turkey. The video was posted by Austrian company Red Bull on social media.
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Hottest, Fastest, Priciest: 10 Records In 2019
The hottest month, the fastest marathon, the wildest auction prices... here is a look back at 10 new records in 2019
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Air India Says All-Woman Flight To San Francisco And Back Is New World Record
Air Indias Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back with an all-female crew last week, the first time such a flight has circumnavigated the globe.
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These Amazing Little Birds Just Broke The World Record For Nonstop Flight
The common swift is "the greyhound of the sky," Anders Hedenstrom says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like wings, it effortlessly swoops and soars through the air, riding the wind like a creature out of mythology. For millennia, bird lovers have admired its aerial agility and seemingly endless flight.
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NASA Plans To Launch Balloon Flight In New Zealand
US space agency NASA is planning to set a record for the longest ever flight for a scientific balloon to be launched in New Zealand next month.
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Experimental US Drone Sets Flight Record
A US experimental drone has set a record for the longest continuous flight of a craft of its size, staying in the air for three days, the International Aeronautical Federation said.
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Solar Impulse Sets Record but Faces 'Difficult' Hours
A solar-powered aircraft flying from Japan to Hawaii on the most perilous leg of a round-the-globe bid has beaten the record for the longest solo flight, organizers said on Thursday.
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Balloon Crew Hits Halfway Mark in Bid to Break Records
Mission control for an international team trying to break two major ballooning records says the helium-filled balloon has passed the halfway mark of its journey across the Pacific Ocean.
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
Boeing's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the US Air Force said on Friday.
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NASA Super-TIGER balloon shatters flight record
Flying high over Antarctica, NASA's long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size.
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Can You Fly As Long As A Day? This Is The New Longest Nonstop Flight In The World
Ultra long-haul flights are likely to become even more common in the future. Here's why passengers are increasingly preferring long, direct flights and how to comfortably travel in one.
-
US Drone Crashes Hours Before Breaking 63-Year-Old Record for Longest Flight
A US solar-powered drone nearly broke the record for the longest flight when it flew continously for 64 hours before crashing on August 19. The Zephy S drone was being evaluated by the US military and spent over 64 days in the stratosphere before it crashed, according to a report.
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Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth After Record 6 Months on Tiangong Space Station
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely after spending a record six months aboard China's new space station, doubling the previous stay of the country's longest single flight in space.
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Watch: Stunt Pilot Sets Guinness World Record For Longest Flight Through A Tunnel
The stunt was performed outside Istanbul, Turkey. The video was posted by Austrian company Red Bull on social media.
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Hottest, Fastest, Priciest: 10 Records In 2019
The hottest month, the fastest marathon, the wildest auction prices... here is a look back at 10 new records in 2019
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Air India Says All-Woman Flight To San Francisco And Back Is New World Record
Air Indias Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back with an all-female crew last week, the first time such a flight has circumnavigated the globe.
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These Amazing Little Birds Just Broke The World Record For Nonstop Flight
The common swift is "the greyhound of the sky," Anders Hedenstrom says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like wings, it effortlessly swoops and soars through the air, riding the wind like a creature out of mythology. For millennia, bird lovers have admired its aerial agility and seemingly endless flight.
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NASA Plans To Launch Balloon Flight In New Zealand
US space agency NASA is planning to set a record for the longest ever flight for a scientific balloon to be launched in New Zealand next month.
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Experimental US Drone Sets Flight Record
A US experimental drone has set a record for the longest continuous flight of a craft of its size, staying in the air for three days, the International Aeronautical Federation said.
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Solar Impulse Sets Record but Faces 'Difficult' Hours
A solar-powered aircraft flying from Japan to Hawaii on the most perilous leg of a round-the-globe bid has beaten the record for the longest solo flight, organizers said on Thursday.
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Balloon Crew Hits Halfway Mark in Bid to Break Records
Mission control for an international team trying to break two major ballooning records says the helium-filled balloon has passed the halfway mark of its journey across the Pacific Ocean.
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
Boeing's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the US Air Force said on Friday.
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NASA Super-TIGER balloon shatters flight record
Flying high over Antarctica, NASA's long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size.
