Carrying its infrared imaging sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's remotely piloted Predator B unmanned aircraft, the Ikhana, banked away during a checkout flight prior to a wildfire imaging mission.
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Carrying its infrared imaging sensor pod under its left wing, NASA’s remotely piloted Predator B unmanned aircraft, the Ikhana, banked away during a checkout flight prior to a wildfire imaging mission. Ikhana, a General Atomics’ Predator B adapted for civil science and technology research missions, flew long-endurance sorties lasting 9 to 10 hours each from its base at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.August 9, 2007
NASA Photo / Jim Ross