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originally posted by: Zaphod58
Zephyr. It’s been up over 30 days continuously now.
originally posted by: imitator
a reply to: Bigburgh
5x5
I think they are trying to break the record for continuous flight...
Here is a ton of info on Twitter...
twitter.com...
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
a reply to: Bigburgh
Thats cool!
It must go something like this:
Soliders/Airmen take delivery of a super expensive advanced new drone from airbus.
Right chaps,what shall we do with this then?
Bit of surveilance?Test out some new weapons/cameras?
Nah.
Lets use it like a giant etch a sketch!
far. The drone, sometimes described as a pseudo-satellite in terms of potential capabilities, took off from the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona last month for what the service says is a test of its highly efficient long-endurance flight characteristics as part of broader work to demonstrate its ability to serve as a persistent sensor platform.
The Zephyr S in question, a design originally known as the Zephyr 8, was first spotted on online flight tracking software taking off from an airstrip at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) on June 15. For the next ten days, the unmanned aircraft, which
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Bigburgh
That would be the one.