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EC99-45140-2
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EC99-45140-2

NASA / AFRC · 1999-08-18 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at Dryden in late 1998. The craft has a wingspan of 247 feet, 41 feet greater than the Centurion, 2 1/2 times that of its solar-powered Pathfinder flying wing, and longer than either the Boeing 747 jetliner or Lockheed C-5 transport aircraft.

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HeliosSolarERASTelectrically poweredUAVCenturion
Credit lineEC99-45140-2. NASA/AFRC, 1999-08-18. Public domain. ID: EC99-45140-2.
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