Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold helped to set an unofficial altitude record for a Cub-style lightweight airplane ...
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 ...
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan has set a new altitude record for solar-powered electric planes. His SolarStratos aircraft soared to 31,237 feet (9,521 meters). The team announced the achievement on ...
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 ...
In 1967, USAF Major “Pete” Knight set a world speed record that remains “unbroken” 68 years later. -Flying the X-15A-2 rocket ...