NASA Dryden project engineer Dave Bushman carefully aims the optics of a laser device at a solar cell panel on a model aircraft during the first flight demonstration of an aircraft powered by laser light.
NASA Dryden's Dave Bushman aims the optics of a laser device at a panel on a model aircraft during the first flight demonstration of an aircraft powered by laser light.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight powered only by light energy beamed to it by a spotlight.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight, powered only by light energy beamed to it by a spotlight.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight, powered only by light energy beamed to it by a spotlight.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight, powered only by light energy beamed to it by a spotlight.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight powered only by light energy beamed to it by a spotlight.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft casts a unique shadow as it flies inside a Dryden hangar using only a spotlight as an energy source.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft casts two unique shadows as it flies inside a Dryden hangar using two spotlights as energy sources. This phase of testing was used to develop procedures and operations for "handing off" the aircraft between different sources of power.
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft casts two unique shadows as it flies inside a Dryden hangar using two spotlights as energy sources.
Dryden Model Shop's Tony Frakowiak remotely flies an experimental model aircraft being powered by a spotlight operated by student intern Derrick Barrett.
Dryden Model Shop's Tony Frakowiak remotely flies an experimental model aircraft being powered by a spotlight operated by student intern Derrick Barrett.
Dryden Model Shop's Tony Frakowiak remotely flies an experimental model aircraft being powered by a spotlight operated by Dryden aerospace engineer (code RA) Ryan Warner.
Dryden Model Shop's Tony Frakowiak remotely flies an experimental model aircraft being powered by a spotlight operated by Dryden aerospace engineer (Code RA) Ryan Warner.
Powered by a laser beam directed at it from a center pedestal, a lightweight model plane makes the first flight of an aircraft powered by laser energy inside a building at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Powered by a laser beam directed at it from a pedestal, a model plane makes the first flight of an aircraft powered by laser energy inside a building at NASA Marshall.
With a laser beam centered on its panel of photovoltaic cells, a lightweight model plane makes the first flight of an aircraft powered by a laser beam inside a building at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
With a laser beam centered on its panel of photovoltaic cells, a model plane makes the first flight of an aircraft powered by a laser beam inside a building at NASA Marshall.
With a laser beam centered on its solar panel, a lightweight model aircraft is checked out by technician Tony Frakowiak and researcher Tim Blackwell before its power-beamed demonstration flight.
With a laser beam centered on its solar panel, a model aircraft is checked out by technician Tony Frakowiak and researcher Tim Blackwell before its power-beamed demonstration flight.