Gulfstream Claims Record for Fastest, Farthest Business Jet Flight

This week, Gulfstream Aerospace's ultra-long-range G800 completed the fastest, farthest flight ever by a business jet, ...
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Migratory bird breaks longest non-stop flight record: How a 'bar-tailed godwit' flew 13,560 km for 11 days

A migratory bird broke world record by flying 13,560 kilometres continuously across the Pacific for 11 days without landing even once. This peculiar behaviour of bar-tailed godwit was discovered after ...
Ars Technica

Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed

A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar ...
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AALTO buoyed by Zephyr’s record 67-day flight, despite vehicle’s loss

AALTO has claimed a new stratospheric flight record with its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station, with one of its vehicles having remained airborne for more than two months. AALTO has claimed a new ...
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A tropical songbird just crushed the nonstop flight record — tracking tags show it flew more than 4,200 miles over the open ocean without touching down once

A stocky, short-billed shorebird that breeds in the bogs of Scandinavia has turned up in the record books for one of the most improbable feats in animal migration. Great Snipes fitted with ...