A 1/3-scale unmanned sailplane shows off its graceful high-aspect-ratio wing as it descends for landing during preliminary flight tests of the Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept.
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A 1/3-scale unmanned sailplane shows off its graceful high-aspect-ratio wing as it descends for landing during preliminary flight tests of the Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept. The sailplane had been towed aloft by one of NASA’s modified DROID aircraft used for aeronautical research. The flights of the two remotely operated aircraft marked the first time the DROID towed another aircraft into the air and the first autonomous towed flight ever at NASA Dryden.
Jan. 16, 2014
NASA / Tom Tschida