COLLECTION NAME:
Dryden Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF)
Creator:
NASA
Description:
EC01-0267-2 Two NASA F/A-18 aircraft are participating in the Autonomous Formation Flight mission over California's Mojave Desert. The two-seat Systems Research Aircraft (tail number 845) leads the formation for the drag-reduction study that mimics the flight pattern of migrating birds. The aircraft are approximately 55 feet apart from tail of the lead to nose of the trailing F/A-18 tail number 847. › Read Project DescriptionSeptember 20, 2001 NASA Photo / Lori Losey
Date:
4/23/09
Identifier:
300446main_EC01-0267-2_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
