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Andre Borschberg Research Paper

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Aviation seems to attract those who are looking to put their names in the record books. Ever since Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, others have followed behind him pushing the boundaries of the possible ever outward. It was as recently as 2006 that American pilot Steve Fossett took the record for the longest non-stop flight ever. He flew just 13 miles shy of 25,000 miles during his flight, which lasted about 76 hours. Fossett will now have to hand this record off to a Swiss pilot by the name of Andre Borschberg Borschberg is the pilot of a plane called Solar Impulse. It is record setting itself in that it is a solar-powered plane that achieved this record. It is still in flight so by the time it finishes

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