QinetiQ downplays solar flight possibilities

James S Murray
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It may have just broken the world record for solar powered flight, but the engineering firm reckons commercially viable manned flight remains "highly unlikely"

Those hoping that the new solar powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that last week undertook a world-beating three and half day continuous flight could prove a forerunner for commercially-viable manned...

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