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CH-47 and X-40A before Free flight 4A

CH-47 and X-40A before Free flight 4A

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EC01-0145-3

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May 5, 2001

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AFRC

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NASA/Tony Landis

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AFRC

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X-40A departure with CH-47 - flight #7

May 18, 2001

X-40A landing after Free Flight 4A

May 5, 2001

The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator and its U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mothership fly over a dry lakebed runway during a captive-carry test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center

Dec 8, 2000

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter slowly lowers the X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator to the ground under the watchful eyes of ground crew at the conclusion of a captive-carry test flight