Helios, high-flying solar-powered UAV, prepared for return to base
The solar-powered, unmanned Helios flying wing, having reached the record altitude of 96,500 feet in a 17-hour flight Aug. 13 from the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is being prepared for disassembly and shipment back to California, where it was built by AeroVironment Inc. Most of the crew is slated to...
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