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NEWS First Unmanned Tanking

HAL Pilot

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It seems to me, having never done it, that being the giver is easy. Fly a constant altitude and airspeed with oordinated turns. So easy a caveman could do it….

I’ll be more impressed when the drone is the taker.
 

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It seems to me, having never done it, that being the giver is easy. Fly a constant altitude and airspeed with oordinated turns. So easy a caveman could do it….

I’ll be more impressed when the drone is the taker.
Already done by X-47.

The actual flying isn't hard from what I understand but the engineering that goes into the basket and response and interactions with the airframe and aerodynamics is where the challenge is.
 

Swanee

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Yawn. The harder part was already done 6 years ago. This isn't impressive.
 

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I tried to figure out how there were two Paganellis on the same jet. Googling led me to believe they're memorial names of a father and son - father was a VFA dude; son died too early.
My neighbor was at the stick of the receiver, so I might ask.
Yeah, I was trying to figure that out as well but I'm not a Strike guy so I don't know the full background. The name has been on the jet for years and there's a Paganelli Leadership Award as well.
 
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