The pilot breaks the record for the height of the solar powered plane, and crossing the tracks with a commercial plane, his team says

Swiss pilot Rafael Domjan defeated the height record of a solar powered electrical plane on a trip that he transported to 9521 meters, or 31237 feet, his team Declare Wednesday.

The Solastratos plane made a Landmark flight from Sion Airport in southwestern Switzerland on Tuesday, taking advantage of the warm air heat to bypass the record that stood for 15 years.

The accredited height record of the solar energy plane is 9235 meters, or 30298 feet.

“The achievement is” one of the unforgettable summits that determine the great human and technological adventures. “

Solastratos said that at a height of sailing, Doman actually crossed tracks with a commercial plane, said Solastratos, describing this moment, “a strong symbol of what might seem to be the flying that tomorrow has not ignored.”

The Domjan trip lasted five hours and nine minutes.

“I share this moment of joy with all the people who were preparing for this achievement for years,” said 53 -year -old.

Data will be sent to the World Air Sports Federation Administration, which will decide whether the new registry will be validated.

“The high pressure that has been corrected to the standard high density recognized as an official reference to the flights.”

Domajan – for whom Biography Company He describes him as an “environmental founder” and lecturer that aims to aircraft, planes, bottles and helicopters-until he is the first to take a solar powered plane above 10,000 meters, and fly at the same height of the aircraft. If this septum is broken, the team hopes to continue making a first -made solar energy in the strategy layer, which begins in the latitude in Switzerland about 12,000 meters away.

“This achievement represents a major milestone on the road towards reaching the strategy only using solar energy – and already achieves the task goal: to capture imagination through symbolic and amazing challenges that enhance solar energy and protect our vital animals and the planet.”

The RB-SXA individual fan, the carbon fiber, consists of lightness and strength. Solastratos is 9.6 meters long, and its huge wings accommodate 24.8 meters 22 square meters of high -specific solar panels that top the wings, and allow flying at low speeds.

The plane invited by Solarstartos “Bold and engineering precisely,” It can take off at low speeds, from 50 km per hour up. Its maximum speed is 140 km per hour, while its rooted speed is about 80 km per hour.

“Tomorrow can be better than we have today”

In 2012, Doman, the pioneer, became the first person to sail all over the world in a fully solar -powered boat, a A journey started in Miami In 2010.

“It is important to show what we can achieve through solar energy,” the adventurer told AFP.

“The dream of flying is the oldest dream of humanity,” he said.

“My goal is to show the young generation today and tomorrow it can fly tomorrow without burning any fossil energies,” he said.

He added: “This is what we want to achieve: it is really to show that tomorrow’s world can be better than what we have today.”

On July 31, the warm -up reached 6589 meters, surpassing the best of the plane in 2024.

The first attempt was abandoned on Friday quickly when the expected thermal thermal failed, saving the batteries on Sunday when the plane reached 8224 meters.

During the first phase of the records attempts, the plane should make the most of the warm air currents to escalate to climb to about 4000-5000 meters. Then it must recharge its batteries at this height before climbing again.

Before taking off, the batteries should be fully shipped using solar energy, and the plane should land under its own power – it cannot slide again on zero – and charge at least 16 % in the batteries.

If the trip is approved as a record, then all the energy used during the trip must be produced by solar cells. The current record was registered in 2010 by the driving solar pilot plane, with Swiss pilot André Porsberg in the controls.