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Solar plane flies into the night
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6916309.stm"><DIV class="sh"> Solar plane flies into the night </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6916309.stm"><DIV class="mvb"> <SPAN class="byl"> By Jonathan Fildes </SPAN> <SPAN class="byd"> Science and technology reporter, BBC News </SPAN> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6916309.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/02CB5EEE-800F-4B6F-88DC-426C3A17481E" alt="Artist's impression of Zephyr" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6916309.stm"><DIV><DIV class="cap"><FONT size="2">Zephyr reached a maximum altitude of more than 58,000ft (18,000m)</FONT></DIV> <FONT size="2"> </FONT></DIV> <FONT size="2"> <BR clear="all" /> <B>A lightweight solar-powered plane has smashed the official world record for the longest-duration unmanned flight.</B></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6916309.stm"><FONT size="2"> The Zephyr's 54-hour endurance flight will not enter the record books because representatives from the world air sports federation - the FAI - were not notified about the secretive test. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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