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Title: Aquila Test Flight Carries Facebook's Internet Ambitions Aloft Post by: HCK on July 27, 2016, 04:05:17 pm Aquila Test Flight Carries Facebook's Internet Ambitions Aloft
Facebook has carried out the first full-scale test flight of Aquila, a high-altitude solar-powered unmanned aircraft designed to provide Internet access to remote regions. The company had flown a one-fifth scale version of the airplane for several months. The full-sized craft has the wingspan of a Boeing 737 -- 46 yards -- but reportedly weighs less than 900 pounds fully laden. Source: Aquila Test Flight Carries Facebook's Internet Ambitions Aloft (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83735.html?rss=1) |