NASA Crashes Plane to Test Emergency Devices
Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission Office simulated a severe but survivable plane accident Wednesday, Aug. 26 at the agency’s Langley Research Center to test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The devices are installed on general aviation and commercial planes to transmit a location signal in the event of a crash. On this third and final test in the series the plane was dropped from 100 feet, tail down into the ground.
Is that 172 for sale?
wtb high speed footage
i would test it in a jagged cannon
Next time? Fill it up and start the engine.
National Aeronautics "and" Space Administration. Are you people stupid to think they only deal with space?