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8 pilots, 4 cutting-edge flying machines, 12 solar panels, 2000km and 2 continents! A British team of pilots all flying the Action GT crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Ceuta, Morocco at dawn this morning to achieve the world’s longest solar-powered paramotor flight, demonstrating the latest combination in solar energy, battery power and paramotors (using a combination of E-PAC electric paramotors and ethanol based Partajet motors) The pilots, flying the first commercial solar-powered electric paramotor, completed the 12-mile crossing in less than half an hour despite local newspaper reports of lurking Great White sharks. Today’s final leg is the culmination of an exciting 15-day expedition starting from Monte-Carlo travelling through France, Spain and finally landing in Morocco, covering an estimated 2000km. With the support of Paramania, Parajet and several other sponsors the expedition’s objectives were to raise awareness of ataxia; a debilitating disease that affects part of the nervous system that normally control co-ordination and balance, and prevalent in more than 10,000 adults in the UK and many more children. The Solar Electric Flight has also raised nearly £10,000 for Ataxia UK, the national charity for people affected by ataxia.
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