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Boeing's Phantom Eye UAV aircraft successfully performs its second flight (VIDEO)

Saint Louis, USA - The drone exceeded the altitude and endurance performance of the first test

Boeing's Phantom Eye liquid hydrogen-powered UAV (Unmanned Aerial vehicle, a remote-controlled aircraft) system successfully completed its second flight. During the test, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the drone climbed above an altitude of 8000 (roughly 2440 metres) feet and remained aloft for 66 minutes at a cruising speed of 62 knots (about 115 km/h) before...

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Rome, Italy, 02/27/2013 12:29
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