aeroman3:
Radioplane, A Division of Northrop Corp. RP-77D RADIO-CONTROLLED turboprop-powered drone
aeroman3:
An AIM-9L Sidewinder is about to hit a North American QF-86H "Sabre" at China Lake, Sept. 29, 1977.
aeroman3:
SR-71 (M-21) (sn 60-6940) with a ramjet powered D-21 drone on board with a Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" chase.
aeroman3:
Douglas A-26C "Invader" (s/n 44-35350) (It started out as a hard-nose A-26B-55-DL, but at some point had the glass nose installed) with a Ryan "Firebee" Q2-A Target Drone
aeroman3:
BQM-34 Firebee II drone being carried aloft under the wing of NASA’s B-52 mothership during a 1977 research flight.
aeroman3:
Technicians mount a BQM-43 Firebee II drone on the wing pylon of NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft.