“The Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID) was a joint research project by NASA and the FAA to test a survivable aircraft impact using a remotely piloted Boeing 720 aircraft.”
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/movie/CID/HTML/EM-0004-01.html
“On the morning of December 1, 1984, a remotely controlled Boeing 720 transport took off from Edwards Air Force Base (Edwards, California), made a left-hand departure and climbed to an altitude of 2300 feet.”
La mattina del 1° dicembre 1984, un Boeing 720 da trasporto, controllato a distanza, è decollato dalla Edwards AFB(air force base), facendo una partenza virando a sinistra, e salendo fino all’altitudine di 2300 piedi.
“The aircraft was remotely flown by NASA research pilot Fitzhugh (Fitz) Fulton from the NASA Dryden Remotely Controlled Vehicle Facility. Previously, the Boeing 720 had been flown on 14 practice flights with safety pilots onboard. During the 14 flights, there were 16 hours and 22 minutes of remotely piloted vehicle control, including 10 remotely piloted takeoffs, 69 remotely piloted vehicle controlled approaches, and 13 remotely piloted vehicle landings on abort runway.”
L’aereo venne pilotato a distanza dal pilota sperimentale della NASA Fitzhugh Fulton dal veicolo per funzioni di controllo remoto NASA-Dryden. Precedentemente, il Boeing 720 era stato fatto volare, su 14 voli di pratica, per sicurezza, con piloti a bordo. Durante i 14 voli, ci furono 16 ore e 22 minuti di pilotaggio a distanza dal veicolo di controllo, inclusi 10 atterraggi a distanza, 69 avvicinamenti controllati a distanza e 13 atterraggi pilotati a distanza sulla pista…
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/movie/CID/index.html
“NASA Dryden developed the remote piloting techniques necessary for the B-720 to fly as a drone aircraft”
La NASA-Dryden ha sviluppato la tecnologia per il pilotaggio remoto necessaria a far volare il B-720 come un aereo-“drone”.
“The 15 flights had 15 takeoffs, 14 landings and a larger number of approaches to about 150 feet above the prepared crash site under remote control.”
I 15 voli hanno avuto 15 decolli, 14 atterraggi e un grande numero di avvicinamenti, a circa 150 piedi sopra il sito predisposto per l’incidente, sotto controllo remoto.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/CID/HTML/EC84-31672-A.html