The idea merges aviation and solar engineering to build mobile flying power plants using high-altitude aircraft equipped with solar wings. Flying far above weather disruptions, these systems could absorb uninterrupted sunlight and convert it into renewable energy . . A Swiss pilot just blasted past 31,000 feet on pure sunlight, appearing to break the existing solar-flight altitude record. Swiss pilot Raphaël Domjan soared more than 31,000 feet above the Alps using nothing but sunlight, appearing to shatter the altitude record for a solar-powered aircraft, even. . Swiss eco‑explorer Raphaël Domjan has finally broken the historic Solar Impulse record for the highest altitude flight achieved with a solar-powered aircraft.
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