Almost 26 days nonstop .... Good for a lot of uses.....
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/airbus-ze ... ft-record/
Flies higher than most aircraft at 70,000 feet and could be used for internet
systems and much more.
BigBarney
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It weighs only 165 pounds. Looks like it has loads of cargo capacity. And passenger capacity also. May even break the Wright Brothers speed record some day.
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Military applications ? Even if it can carry a useful payload, unlike the spy planes that could work at that altitude, it won't be able to outrun anything that could bring it down.
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Sully can land it in the Hudson when a sparrow hits it and it goes into a tailspin.
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