NATS-controlled remote piloted aircraft makes milestone flight in UK
Credit: Courtesy, BAE Systems
The first test flight of a remotely piloted research aircraft in non-segregated civil airspace has taken place in the UK. A specially adapted BAE Systems Jetstream 31 aircraft flew a 500-mile trip from Preston in Lancashire to Inverness in Scotland under the command of a ground-based pilot in Warton...
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