From The Archives: 50 Years Ago In Aviation Week
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Northrop’s Variable Speed Training Target is launched at the Army’s White Sands, N.M., missile range while a second VSTT is on the launch rail. The drone can carry a number of target payloads. For additional data, see page 55. Northrop photograph by Robert T. Thornton.
See the August 26 1974 | Aviation Week issue.
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