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1 posted on 11/29/2012 9:36:15 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs
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Nov. 29, 2012:
In preparation for the first catapult launch of the U.S. Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft, a flight deck director - aka "yellow shirt" - and a deck operator using Northrop Grumman's wireless, handheld Control Display Unit guide the aircraft into position on a shore-based catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
(NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP)


2 posted on 11/29/2012 10:02:40 PM PST by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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Video of the launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtMowd8eWc&
4 posted on 11/30/2012 3:34:51 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Nothing new. The F/A-18 has been taking hands off cat shots for ever.


6 posted on 11/30/2012 6:31:05 AM PST by newbolt
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Fox has a caption for pictures “Here’s a brief look at the latest in the growing drone army.”

An army of airplanes?


11 posted on 05/06/2013 3:47:39 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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