Sep 28 2005
From The Space Library
The FAA issued the first airworthiness certificate for a civil UAV~ the General Atomics Altair. The UAV had a wingspan of 86 feet (26.2 meters), could fly to an altitude of 52,000 feet (9.8 miles or 15.8 kilometers), and could remain airborne for more than 30 hours. General Atomics and NASA had jointly built the Altair to perform scientific and commercial research. (FAA, “FAA Certifies First Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” news release AOC 34-05, 28 September 2005, http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsid=5780&print=go (accessed 28 January 2010).)
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