Detail View: Dryden Image Gallery: Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF)
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Title:
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Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF)
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Creator:
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NASA
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Description:
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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
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Date:
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4/23/09
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Identifier:
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300446main_EC01-0267-2_full
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MediaType:
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Image
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Year:
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2009
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