Farthest flight by an unmanned aircraft (FAI approved)

23 October 2014 by admin
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The longest flight ever completed by a full-scale unmanned conventional aircraft is 13,840 km (8,600 miles), by a USAF Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Southern Cross II, which took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on 22 April and landed at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia, 23 hr 23 min later on 23 April 2001. The Global Hawk became the first UAV (unmanned air vehicle) to fly across the Pacific Ocean. The Global Hawk, which had its maiden flight in 1998 and is scheduled Continue reading →

Farthest flight by an airship

23 October 2014 by admin
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The longest ever non-stop flight by an airship, both in terms of distance and duration, was one of 6,384.5 km (3,967 miles), made by Hugo Eckener (Germany) piloting the Graf Zeppelin in November 1928. The flight lasted 71 hours and was made between Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, and Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Farthest golf shot

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Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin (Russia)­ assisted by caddy Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria (USA) ­teed-off during a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on 23 February 2006. Element 21 Golf (Canada) paid an undisclosed sum for the stunt, which was permitted by the Russian space agency as a means of raising cash. NASA estimated that the ball would orbit for three days before burning up in the atmosphere ­a distance of 2.02 million km (1.26 million miles). The Russians put their estimate at 740 million Continue reading →

Farthest leaning tower

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The tower with the highest degree of tilt is the bell tower of the protestant church in Suurhusen in Germany which leans with an angle of inclination of 5.1939 degrees (corresponding to 2.47 m; 8 ft 1 in) when it was measured on 17 January 2007. The tower is 25.705 m high’ The former East German town of Bad Frankenhausen says that the bell tower of its 14th century protestant church of Our Dear Ladies leans even more than its better-known rival in Pisa. Nestling Continue reading →