The Longest Solar-Powered Flight

Meera Dolasia
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:57:00 -0700

This week, a group of young adventurers set a new record for the longest solar-powered flight on a paramotor (machine powered paragliders). The nine pilots, including four from the Cardozo family, flew 1,242 miles from Monte Carlo to Morocco, using just the backpack-sized device.