F/A18 con el piloto automático del UAV X-47 aterrizará de forma autónoma en un portaaviones

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/08/11/330851/auvsi-fa-18-may-perform-hands-off-carrier-landings-by.html

 

 

AUVSI: F/A-18 may perform 'hands-off' carrier landings by 2011

By Stephen Trimble

A Boeing F/A-18D Hornet may perform the first "hands-off" approaches and landings to an aircraft carrier within two years, the US Navy says.

 

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Breaking: Structural flaw halts production of Alenia 787 sections

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2009/08/breaking-structural-flaw-halts.html

 

Alenia Aeronautica has halted production of two major 787 structural components due to wrinkles in the fuselage skin caused by manufacturing flaws in subcomponents of the one-piece composite barrel, according to a letter obtained by FlightBlogger.

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