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| Aerosonde
mounted on launch vehicle, Alvord Desert, summer 2000 |
Flight
test site, Alvord Desert, summer 2000 |
Ross
and Bill monitoring Aerosonde flight parameters on Groundstation |
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| Marius
with a satcomm-equipped Aerosonde |
Dust
storm in the Alvord Desert |
Aerosonde
in low pass over Wasco airport |
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| An
Aerosonde landing at Wasco airport, winter 2001 |
Bill
powering-off the avionics after landing |
Preparing
an Aerosonde for another test flight |
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| Mounting
vehicle on launch cradle |
Bill
and Marius mounting the wing on fuselage |
Launch
cradle test-release procedure |
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| Securing
vehicle to launch cradle |
Preparing
fuselage for test flights |
Flight
test operations, Wasco airport, winter 2001 |
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| Uploading
aircraft and mission parameter files to avionics |
Aerosonde
on final approach |
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