Vanilla Aircraft Claims World Record 56-hour Drone Flight

Vanilla Aircraft, LLC today announced that on December 2, their VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed a non-stop, unrefueled 56-hour flight. The flight was submitted for a world duration record for combustion-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 50-500 kg subclass (Fi(C)di(C)ration Ai(C)ronautique Internationale Class U-1.c Group 1). A representative from the National Aeronautic Association ["]