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The Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug is a jet-powered drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, produced and developed by Ryan Aeronautical from the earlier Ryan Firebee target drone series. Beginning in 1962, the Model 147 was introduced as a reconnaissance RPV (Remotely Piloted Vehicle, nomenclature of that era) for a United States Air Force project ...
In the 1950s, Ryan was a pioneer in jet vertical flight with the X-13 Vertijet, a tail-sitting jet with a delta wing which was not used in production designs. In the early 1960s, Ryan built the XV-5 Vertifan for the U.S. Army, which used wing- and nose-mounted lift vanes for V/STOL vertical flight. Other Ryan V/STOL designs included the VZ-3 ...
Ryan Model 147 The Ryan Firebee is a series of target drones developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company beginning in 1951. It was one of the first jet -propelled drones, and remains one of the most widely used target drones ever built.
The Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug reconnaissance drone was enjoying success in Vietnam in the early 1960s, but it lacked the range to fly deep into China and back out again. . In particular, the Chinese nuclear development facility at Lop Nor was far out of reach of the Lightning Bugs, and was barely within reach of the Lockheed U-2 spyplane, which had become far too vulnerable to SA
Ryan Model 147; Series of Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) in multiple variants developed with funding from National Reconnaissance Office and deployment support of Strategic Air Command beginning in 1962. Initial project code name was Fire Fly, later known as Lightning Bug.
BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle, a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug was a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle during the 1960s USS Assail (AM-147) was a United States Navy Admirable-class minesweeper during World War II
BAI BQM-147 Dragon reconnaissance (1986) Beechcraft AQM-37A; Beechcraft Model 1019 Designated AQM-37A by the United States Military; Beechcraft Model 1025 Cardinal; Beechcraft Model Model 1072 United Kingdom variant, modified by Short Brothers as the Short Stiletto to meet British requirements. Beechcraft Model Model 1088 Italian variant
The Q-2C/BQM-34A Firebee target drone was modified for the reconnaissance mission and designated AQM-34 or Ryan Model 147. Its size was increased to enhance range and payload. For the low altitude mission, wingspan was increased to 15 feet (4.6 m) and later to 27 feet (8.2 m), but was most successful with the original 13 feet (4.0 m) wingspan ...