Home / Photos / Remote Control: Flying a Predator Photos Remote Control: Flying a Predator By February 17, 2010 How Will Unmanned Airplanes Fit Into Our Airspace System?The Predator’s “eyes:” a pair of cameras (one visual, one infrared) in the plane’s nose. NASAIkhana NASAThe General Atomics-designed pilot stations are far from intuitive. NASAIkhana shown taxiing past two of NASA’s F-18 research/chase platforms at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB. NASAThe Global Hawk pilot station at Dryden (above), designed with input from Northrup Grumman and NASA pilots, is more advanced. But the Global Hawk has to work around limited control frequencies — which is why most NASA UAV flights are in the early morning. NASAIkhana NASA More From Photos A Fond Memory: Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo 2023 Gallery: The Evolution of Van's Aircraft Gallery: Tails on Display at Oshkosh Gallery: Wednesday at Oshkosh Photos: <i>FLYING</i> Honors Award Winners at Adventure Party First Look: Supernal's Air Taxi Passenger Cabin