Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold helped to set an unofficial altitude record for a Cub-style lightweight airplane ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos ...

Another air record has been (unofficially) broken as a prop-driven solar/electric aircraft reached the highest altitude yet for its type. On August 12, 2025, a modified Elektra One reached 31,237 feet ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan got within around a thousand meters of setting a new altitude record in a solar-powered plane on Sunday as he chases the goal of breaking the 10,000 ...

Swiss pilot Raphaël Domjan, with his SolarStratos project, claims to have broken the 15-year-old altitude record for electric, solar-powered aircraft, reaching 9,521 meters (over 31,200 feet) with his ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan got within around a thousand metres of setting a new altitude record in a solar-powered plane on Sunday as he chases the goal of breaking the 10,000 metres barrier.