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Added on the 03/07/2015 06:40:12 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford lands in Belgium after completing a record-breaking 52-country, five-continent flight around the world. The intrepid 19-year-old British-Belgian has become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the planet flying solo. IMAGES
The world record for the most spray tans in one hour was shattered by a Kristin Little, owner of BodiBronze Sunless Tan, in Champaign, Illinois on Monday. Kristin beat the previous record of 78 spray tans by spraying 107 volunteers in 45 just minutes. The event organizers might have added to their record further still, but ran out of volunteers to spray! All proceeds went to the Charles W. Christie Cancer Center.
One man wearing a virtual reality helmet was the star of the show on Wednesday, drawing crowds of dozens to watch him play a VR game in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the longest time spent playing a single VR session. 31-year-old gamer Johannes Loeffelmann strapped on the headset from a Playstation PS4 Pro VR set, secured both hand controllers, and dove into the Matrix.
The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.
Solar-powered plane completes first fuel-free flight around the globe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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