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Robot Plane Makes Unaided U.S.-Australia Crossing

Posted by timothy on Monday April 23, 2001 @07:56PM from the faked-just-like-the-moon-landings dept.

PenguinRadio writes: "Yahoo Australia is reporting an unmanned U.S. aircraft recently flew from the US to Australia, smashing an endurance record for remotely controlled aircraft. The Global Hawk reconnaissance jet arrived in Adelaide 14 minutes ahead of schedule after a non-stop flight of more than 23 hours. The Air Force has some pictures and more news on their site as well." Update: 04/24 7:26 AM by michael : This is a follow-up to our story a few days ago.

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Far better than last time... by KFury · 2001-04-23 16:00 · Score: 4

You know the earlier attempt is still sitting in a hangar, waiting for its compliment of lemon-soaked napkins...

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