A powered sailplane, drone, excess to a U.S. Air Force program, has been converted into a special purpose piloted test vehicle for atmospheric research. The converted aircraft was used in support of the Apollo-Soyuz space flight in July 1975 and in Navy-sponsored thunderstorm research.
Modification of Drone Sailplane into a Special Purpose Test Vehicle for Atmospheric Research
1975
52 pages
Report
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English
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