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Italian CIRA: "Polluce" ready to fly tomorrow morning

Capua, Italy - Second specimen of the Centre's unmanned aerospace flying lab

"One year after the first flight of USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle), the president of CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Center), professor Sergio Vetrella, will present to the press tomorrow, Tuesday February 19th, 2008, 11:30 am, at the seat of the Centre (Via Maiorise, Capua), the second prototype of flying research lab, in the day of its transfer to the airport of Tortolì in Sardinia, where by the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1085975
Rome, Italy, 02/18/2008 16:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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