Towed Glider Air-Launch SystemThe one-third-scale twin fuselage towed glider rests of the cracked bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base...Robert “Red”Jensen, who piloted the towed glider, and Gerald Budd, who flew the DROID small UAV that towed the unmanned...Small unmanned aircraft technician Derek Abramson and glider pilot Red Jensen, hold back the DROID tow plane while pilot Gerald...One of NASA Armstrong’s DROID small unmanned research aircraft tows the twin-fuselage towed glider into the blue sky on its...The one-third scale twin-fuselage towed glider glides in for landing on Rogers Dry Lake after its successful first test flight.A 1/3-scale unmanned sailplane shows off its graceful high-aspect-ratio wing as it descends for landing during preliminary flight tests of...Instrumentation engineer Otto Schnarr at left and principal investigator Jim Murray assist operations engineer and model lab technician Robert "Red"...While operations engineer and Dryden model shop technician Red Jensen prepares to mount the canopy over a subscale sailplane's avionics,...Principal investigator Jim Murray prepares the towline while operations engineer Red Jensen checks out the radio controller for a sub-scale...With a 1/3-scale sailplane behind it already in the air, the DROID-3 tow plane rotates for takeoff from the dry...With its towline barely visible against the blue sky, the DROID-3 tow plane hauls a sub-scale sailplane through the air...
