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It is "Falco" the first Uav made in Italy

Cagliari, Italy - Its first experimental flight was a success

It has carried out its first flight successfully "Falco", the prototype of the new Uav system (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - aircraft without pilot) entirely designed and manufactured in Italy by the Galileo Avionics. The flight, that lasted more than 45 minutes, happened on November 25 in the Poligono Sperimentale Interforze of Salto di Quirra, in Sardinia. "Falco" is an aircraft with a speed of 160 Km/h,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 55698
Rome, Italy, 11/27/2003 17:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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