A drone is a drone.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)

From: Airman | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Eisenhauer, Edward | Copyright information

In the June 2003 issue, the picture in the center of Pages 8 and 9 ["Pushing the Envelope"] is not the SR-71 Blackbird, although part of that aircraft is visible in the background. The aircraft shown is the D-21 drone, a single-engine unmanned aerial vehicle originally conceived to be launched from the SR-71. After ...

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