Crew chief Donald Warren of NASA Dryden's F/A-18 #853, newly dubbed the Full-scale Advanced Systems Testbed, or FAST aircraft, performed pre-flight activities.
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Project: Integrated Resilient Aircraft Controls (IRAC)
Crew chief Donald Warren of NASA Dryden’s F/A-18 #853, newly dubbed the Full-scale Advanced Systems Testbed, or FAST aircraft, performed pre-flight activities. The aircraft began Research Flight Control System checkout flights for NASA’s Integrated Resilient Aircraft Controls (IRAC) project in 2010.April 6, 2010
NASA photo/Tony Landis