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Post by BigBarney » Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 2:05 pm

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.

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Post by lsayre » Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 3:11 pm

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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Post by warminmn » Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 4:43 pm

They havent even got the cars perfected yet and now airplanes!

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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 5:33 pm

lsayre wrote:
Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 3:11 pm
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.
Military applications ? :lol: 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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Post by CoalJockey » Fri. Aug. 10, 2018 8:04 pm

Sully can land it in the Hudson when a sparrow hits it and it goes into a tailspin.

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