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British solar plane sets record by flying non-stop for three days

British solar plane sets record by flying non-stop for three days

A British built plane powered entirely by solar power has set a world record for an unmanned flight by staying in the air for more than three days.

The Zephyr-6, created by UK defence and research firm QinetiQ, flew continuously for 82 hours, 37 minutes.

Solar panels glued to its wings and in-built lithium batteries that store power from the sunlight ready for when it is dark allow the unpiloted plane to run day and night.

The flight beats the current official world record of 30 hours, 24 minutes set by the US robot plane Global Hawk in 2001 and the Zephyr's own previous record of 54 hours.

However, it will remain unofficial because the Federation Aeronautique Internationale which sanctions all record attempts was not involved.

The record was broken at the end of last month above the US army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Britain's Ministry of Defence was also involved in the tests

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According to the press service for the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, the Armenian armed forces fired at positions of Azerbaijani army locating just opposite their posts near Chayli, Seysulan, Gyzyl Oba, Goyarkh villages of Terter, Kuropatkino village and a nameless height in Khojavend
Moreover, Armenians fired at Azerbaijani positions in Kokha Nebi village of Tovuz, Azerbaijan from their posts in Chinari village of Berd, Armenia.
The enemy used machine and submachine guns.
Armenians were stopped by response fire. No casualties were reported.

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He noted that Shamilov, being on the army duty, tried to silence the enemy.
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The enemy managed to take the killed soldiers from the fire exchange zone, while Shamilov's body was left near positions of the Armenian armed forces and the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan tries to get him out of there.
At the same time, Sabiroghlu refuted information of Armenian mass medias that Azerbaijani army divisions tried to cross the contact line and noted that the armed incident occurred for the reason of the violation of ceasefire regime by the Armenian side.
Shamilov was notably born in 1988 and was recruited by the military enlistment office of Terter in April of 2008.

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