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I Can See My House From Up Here!

Posted by isobot on November 8, 2009 at 12:00am

I Can See My House From Up Here! The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is quite an impressive piece of hardware. It can stay in the air for more than a day, has a range of 3,400 miles, and at very high altitude (its record is 19,928 meters (65,380.6 ft)). Usually it's the military that would have control over these UAVs, but two Global Hawks have been turned over to NASA for environmental research flights .

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  • Patrick Egan November 9, 2009 at 11:25am
    Okay.
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    Jordi Muñoz November 9, 2009 at 10:55am
    I live in the valley (Van Nuys).
  • Patrick Egan November 9, 2009 at 7:17am
    Do you live in Palmdale?
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    Jordi Muñoz November 8, 2009 at 10:42pm
    OMG is so nice aircraft, in white looks better. But is to big to park it outside my Apt.
  • Patrick Egan November 8, 2009 at 8:02pm
    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/Global_H...
  • Patrick Egan November 8, 2009 at 8:00pm
    There are many. The military wants innovation from industry, but most of these guys are cold warriors on the cusp of retirement.
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    Jordi Muñoz November 8, 2009 at 6:21pm
    Well i guess are two different markets/applications. No?
  • Patrick Egan November 8, 2009 at 6:08pm
    and the military is whining that Predator is too slow. There's no pleasing some people;-)

    Jordi,

    Thanks. The dude on the right is Nuke Newcome, dude on the left is on the city council (I think)
  • Tim Trueman November 8, 2009 at 5:35pm
    Northrop Grumman quotes the range as 12,000 miles and the endurance as 35 hours.
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    Jordi Muñoz November 8, 2009 at 4:58pm
    Patrick nice picture! They look like body guards.

    Isobot, I saw the predator near to the Edwards air force fliying with a Cessna chasing it. The place is called El Mirage Lake.
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