Taranis Drone at Woomera
 

Taranis drone: Britain's $336m supersonic unmanned aircraft launched over Woomera - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Who wants to guess what the chase plane is. Look for the shadow at the end of the Vid.

Guessing a BAE Hawk.

Edit: on second thoughts, possibly a Eurofighter, but what is that doing here?

They used an Australian Lear for the chase plane for the first flights at Woomera some years ago. We had to go inside whenever it came out of the hangar, so I never saw the UAV.

Profile not right for a hawk or eurofighter. At first glance it looks like a 2 seat F-16....or something similar.
What is it?


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The poster behind the interview with the mission commander shown further down the ABC link shows a Typhoon (Eurofighter). This, however, may be a staged photo but the shadow in the video does have some similarity.

I always wondered if this would ever be explained.

Now I know.:suspect:

I Suspect it is a Sia Marchetti SM211 on loan from someone in SA and flown by a British Air Force Test Pilot call Paul...

I'll second that, Dexta. Looks a lot like a Sia Marchetti SM211.

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps404772bd.jpg

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps85d206f6.jpg

It's a Cessna, Christ guys just ask the Journo's!


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