So get this guys, Airbus is testing an aircraft right in my backyard (read: Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, not actually my background) and it's pretty sick. It's a HAPS (High Altitude Platform System), so it's supposed to chill above 60,000ft when operating in ideal conditions and sip solar for days, totally unmanned of course.
Anyway, it shows up on FlightRadar24 since they kitted it with an ADS-B transponder this time around. One was from about 4AM MST, they appear to have had to land and takeoff again recently (or not??), (about 10PM MST today) they're getting some rain with the AZ monsoons.
I Figure, maybe if any of the writers/Linus are into aviation, this might be a cool thing to check out, maybe even if it's just a tech quickie about it once we get the details of this latest round of testing (if we do at all anyway, might be a while). Things at 60k feet seem kinda neat and Airbus isn't the only one working on this, but I think this is one of the few practical examples out there for now.
