Message posted by Desert Watchdog (Member since 05/05/2012) on October 24, 2024 at 23:55:45 PST:
Here's where I'm at. Groom 2002/2006~9 Lockheed P-175:
>~2002: 12/30 Runway markings added on Taxiway "D" (delta)
~2009: the rwy marks on Delta were closed/markings were blacked out.
The rwy markings on Taxiway Delta feels very drone-ish and the "rwy length" varied over a few years, and was marked way earlier than the known Polecat flight dates.
@Yucca Dry Lake
>March 2004<
~Construction starts~
concrete pad and asphalt.
First Flight: Early/Mid 2005
Last Flight: Mid/Dec 2006
"Failure of the NTTR flight termination equipment."
Fail-safe, flight termination.
"The Lockheed Martin Polecat Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) returned to flight test at the Nevada Test and Training Range. During the test flight, when the vehicle was functioning normally and in full positive control by the ground operators, it was unfortunately damaged beyond repair. The damage was the result of an irreversible unintentional failure in the flight termination ground equipment which caused the aircraft's automatic fail-safe/ flight termination mode to activate."
In Reply to: Re: 36°56'05"N 115°59'32"W posted by noskcaJ on October 24, 2024 at 16:16:39 PST:
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