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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > F-18 AFF > Movie # EM-0048-01 |
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Two F-18s in Autonomous Formation Flight |
| Movie Number |
EM-0048-01
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| Movie Date |
September 2001
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| Formats | 160x120 15-fps QuickTime Movie (1,227 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps QuickTime Movie (960 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps MPEG-1 Movie (2,598 KBytes) |
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Still photos of the F-18 are available in several resolutions at http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/F-18SRA/index.html |
| Description |
This 32 second video clip shows two F-18s in NASA's Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) program. The aircraft use smoke contrails to gather data on wingtip vortices. Flight research attempts to utilize the energy in the vortices for more efficient flight. |
| Keywords | Autonomous Formation Flight; AFF; F/A-18 |
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Last Modified: December 9, 2001 |
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