Bristol (US) "Skeet" 1942 target glider

Thread starter Stargazer
Start date 16 September 2010

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16 September 2010

And I thought styrofoam aircraft were only for kids... Apparently they had a full-scale cousin that probably was considered a live decoy for real aircraft...

Eight pictures of this project on NASA's CRgis website:

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Test_134:_Bristol_Target_Glider_%28Skeet%29

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