Navy QF-4 crash
04-21-2002, 11:52 AM
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Navy QF-4 crash
Did you see the crash of the Navy QF-4 yesterday at an airshow in Ventura Ca. ? Pilot and RIO were killed. One poor fellow ejected and drifted right into the fireball.
I knew the QF-4 was a radio control drone, but I did not realize that it could also be flown conventionally.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/20/air...ash/index.html
Vince
I knew the QF-4 was a radio control drone, but I did not realize that it could also be flown conventionally.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/20/air...ash/index.html
Vince
05-15-2002, 01:18 AM
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Navy QF-4 crash
I flew helicopter, UH-1M full size drones for 10 years here at White Sands, and they can and are also flown manned. You fly the mission first with a "safety pilot" on board. The QF-4 does the route first with a man flying, and then the computer on the ground duplicates the mission. Course these guys were just flying a normal pattern for the crowd.
