NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B, lifts off from Grey Butte airfield in California.
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NASA’s Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics’ Predator B, lifts off from Grey Butte airfield in California. Ikhana is powered by a Honeywell TPE 331-10T turbo-prop engine and can reach altitudes above 40,000 feet. Ikhana was the first production Predator B equipped with a digital electronic engine controller developed by Honeywell and GA-ASI that makes the aircraft five to 10 percent more fuel efficient than earlier versions. March 5, 2007
NASA Photo / Tony Landis
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