The Point of No Return
Soaring at 28,000 feet without a drop of fuel, nothing is predictable. Not the weather, not the technology, and certainly not the fate of a man. Alone for five days in a fragile, first-of-its-kind aircraft with nothing but ocean below, Point of No Return takes you behind the headlines of the first solar-powered flight around the world. Two courageous pilots take turns battling nature, their own crew, and sometimes logic itself as they aim to achieve the impossible. Not just to make history, but to inspire a revolution.
Soaring at 28,000 feet without a drop of fuel, nothing is predictable. Not the weather, not the technology, and certainly not the fate of a man. Alone for five days in a fragile, first-of-its-kind aircraft with nothing but ocean below, Point of No Return takes you behind the headlines of the first solar-powered flight around the world. Two courageous pilots take turns battling nature, their own crew, and sometimes logic itself as they aim to achieve the impossible. Not just to make history, but to inspire a revolution.
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