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9,521 Meters! New Altitude Record of a Solar Plane

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, from the airport of Sion (Switzerland), the echo-explorator Raphaël Domjan piloted the HB-SXA plane at an altitude of 9,521 meters above the Valais Alps, the highest flight ever reached by an electric manned plane and supplied with solar energy. Thus surpasses the previous record of Solar Impulse that reached 9,235 meters. This historic flight of 5 hours and 9 minutes, fully powered by solar energy and supported by r…
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On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, from the airport of Sion (Switzerland), the echo-explorator Raphaël Domjan piloted the HB-SXA plane at an altitude of 9,521 meters above the Valais Alps, the highest flight ever reached by an electric manned plane and supplied with solar energy. Thus surpasses the previous record of Solar Impulse that reached 9,235 meters. This historic flight of 5 hours and 9 minutes, fully powered by solar energy and supported by r…

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elperiodicodelaenergia.com broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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