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Facebook Aquila 1A – N565AQ
It looks like we have a name now for the larger version of Facebook’s Aquila UAS, the Aquila 1A. Below is an extract from the FAA N-register and on the 26th of October 2015 Facebook’s Aquila 1A became...
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Congratulations Somerset – Facebook Aquila flies
I’m from Somerset so indulge me a little! Who would have thought smelly town could have produced this! (Yes its a local reference) Facebooks solar powered internet connectivity drone has taken one step...
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Hold your horses, did Aquila tip stall on landing?
I might have been a little hasty with my go Team Somerset praise of Facebook’s Internet drone Aquila. Yet to be confirmed reports from the Yuma test site tell us that Aquila crashed at short finals. We...
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That Aquila crash
It seems our sources were right, we reported back in July that Aquila tip stalled on landing. Bloomberg is saying it was a structural failure. Right from the outset no landing and subsequent fist...
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NTSB Accident Report on Facebook Aquila drone crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week released their accident report on the June 28 mishap that befell the Facebook Aquila UAS on final approach near Yuma, Arizona. The incident...
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Facebook Aquila accident report NTSB full narrative
Released into the wild, what the NTSB believed happened. An in-flight breakup due to the platform being operated outside of weather limits. It was a test flight so incidents and accidents are to be...
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