2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

Aerosonde
The Aerosonde Mark 3 aircraft,
with its proven low altitude, long
duration flight characteristics was
chosen for further evaluation
during the 2008 NOAA/
NASA Hurricane Demonstration Project.
Unfortunately, no tropical storms entered the
area of approved operations and no mission
hours were expended during the 2008
season.
Extensive gains have been made in granting
airspace access and diplomatic approvals for
Aerosonde UAS operations to take place
outside of the United States and the U.S.
National Airspace. The Aerosonde flight
vehicles remain operationally available for
scientific research.
Figure 31
Aerosonde Landing at WFF during a
training flight.
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