F-16 Fighters Reprogrammed to Become Drones
Jimmy Nsubuga - Metro UK
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September 25, 2013
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Watch an F-16 fly without a pilot in the cockpit (WORLD IN NEWS)

One of the retired Lockheed Martin planes flew without anyone inside for the first time from Florida to the Gulf of Mexico last week.

The jet, which was operated by US Air Force pilots on the ground, flew at 40,000ft (12.2km) and at speeds of 1,119mph.

‘It flew great, everything worked great, [it] made a beautiful landing – probably one of the best landings I’ve ever seen,’ said the scheme’s head engineer Paul Cejas.

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