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Remote Control: Flying a Predator

How Will Unmanned Airplanes Fit Into Our Airspace System?
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related tags: Photos, TurboProp, Pilot Reports, General Atomics, Ikhana, MQ-9 Reaper, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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NASA's Ikhana is a civilian version of General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper.
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The Predator's "eyes:" a pair of cameras (one visual, one infrared) in the plane's nose.
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Ikhana
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The General Atomics-designed pilot stations are far from intuitive.
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Ikhana shown taxiing past two of NASA's F-18 research/chase platforms at the Dryden Flight R
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The Global Hawk pilot station at Dryden (above), designed with input from Northrup Grumman a
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Ikhana
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