[MilCom] My error on USS Nimnitz; sorry.

[Bob Wilczynski]

Allen,

USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 (See article below)

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Systems (UCAS) demonstrator is currently 
conducting trials on the on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS 
Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) at sea.  Involved in Carrier Qualification, the 
Truman supercarrier is the first flattop to host test operations for an 
unmanned aircraft. Ship-board testing started on Dec. 9. On the flight 
deck the X-47B (that on Nov.29, successfully completed its first 
land-based catapult launch 
<http://theaviationist.com/2012/11/30/x-47b-cat/> from Naval Air Station 
Patuxent River) is controlled using an arm-mounted control display unit 
(CDU).  The new gadget is a special remote control for moving the X-47B 
on flight decks 
<http://theaviationist.com/2012/04/04/hand-signals-drones/> which 
attaches to the wrist, waist and one hand. Through the device, deck 
operators ahve access to a display and can control the aircraft's 
throttle, tailhook, steering, brakes and perform several other functions 
associated with maneuvring an aircraft on deck.

Bob
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Bob Wilczynski, Palmer, MA.
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On 12/11/2012 8:49 PM, AllanStern at aol.com wrote:
> Oops; it is not the Nimitz; the Nimitz is in a COMPTUEX on the West Coast;
> I am still trying to ID the acft carrier we have off Jax now.
>
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