Nearly 100 years after the dawn of powered flight, a new
generation of high-speed, unmanned air vehicle successfully has
began flight testing. The Boeing Company’s Canard Rotor/Wing
(CRW) concept demonstrator completed its first hover flight at the
U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz.
During the flight test, the CRW advanced technology demonstrator
– known as the X-50A Dragonfly – flew for about 80
seconds at 8:10 a.m. MST, December 3rd, 2003. It lifted off
vertically from the launch site to an altitude of 12 feet above the
ground, hovered and then vertically landed, commencing the flight
test program.
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