The Skydweller drone’s heroic final flight lasted eight days despite a storm and still almost made it home.
Drone maker Skydweller Aero asked a very simple question a few years ago: Why bother landing? The company aims to create a sustained-flying aircraft, an airliner-sized UAV that harnesses solar panels to drive electric propellers on its wings. Well, the drone’s latest test flight (part of a full-blown US