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Parachute-Deployment Flight Termination System on X-48C
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Parachute-Deployment Flight Termination System on X-48C

NASA / AFRC · 2013-02-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft flew over Rogers Dry Lake on Feb. 28, 2013, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The long boom protruding from between the tails was part of the aircraft's parachute-deployment flight termination system.

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DFRCDryden Flight Research CenterX-48C
Credit lineParachute-Deployment Flight Termination System on X-48C. NASA/AFRC, 2013-02-28. Public domain. ID: ED13-0056-01.
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