Original 1/2 Scale Sparrow Model Aircraft Tendered as Representation of Uncrewed Aviation Design Circa 1973
The Academy of Model Aeronautics has received a new piece of history to add to the collection, bringing in the Sparrow, a 1/2 scale demonstrator of a would-be drone aircraft from the early seventies. The new piece was delivered by Jim Dalton and Doug Erhardt, Dalton being a long time steward of the model. The Sparrow was designed by Raymond Fredette of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base under Project Teleplane, a preliminary effort to assess and design remotely piloted vehicles for military purposes.
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