Surveillance aircraft

[Frenchie]

Has anyone ever seen one of these?


http://www.sacusa.com/products/samain2.asp

Apparently the FBI is using them.

[isuhawkeye]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/rg-8.htm

[♠SARKID♠]

It looks sweet!  Have to keep an eye out at EAA this year.

[Ricochet13]

These looked pretty interesting too!

[Turk]

Any idea who makes it?

[sarflyer]

Northrup Grumman makes the firescout

[sarflyer]

And the RU38B is made by Schweizer Aircraft

[Frenchie]

And the RU38B is made by Schweizer Aircraft

The FBI also has at least one SA 2-38B (which may be the same thing as the RU38B from what I can tell).  It's listed as an experimental in the FAA registry.

[Hawk200]

It looks sweet!  Have to keep an eye out at EAA this year.

I would doubt that you will see aircraft like that at Oshkosh. It's not exactly an aircraft that the people flying them want everyone to be seeing at an airshow.

[flyerthom]

And the RU38B is made by Schweizer Aircraft

So the first one is a motorglider?

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Has anyone ever seen one of these?


http://www.sacusa.com/products/samain2.asp

Apparently the FBI is using them.

I'm not at liberty to discuss the existince of this aircraft. 

[Frenchie]

And the RU38B is made by Schweizer Aircraft

So the first one is a motorglider?

No, it's just made to stay up in the air a very long time.

[mikeylikey]

umm......are these what are spying on the average citizenry these days??   

[Frenchie]

umm......are these what are spying on the average citizenry these days??   

Below average I would like to think.

[wingnut]

The Schweizer SA2-37B aircraft is engineered to perform covert surveillance missions in a manner not possible with any other aircraft. Its sophisticated suite of FLIR, EO, and Electronic Sensors enables activities on the land or sea to be detected and monitored without detection from below. The combination of its low acoustic signature, large payload capacity, long range, long endurance, and low operating costs make the SA2-37B

The SA2-37B has outstanding range/endurance performance. On a maximum endurance mission, it can operate for over twelve hours. Alternatively, it can fly a 200 nmi radius mission and still loiter on station for up to seven hours. With its 24,000 foot service ceiling, it can also perform high-altitude missions such as relay or signal intercept.

12 hours? I think I gotta pee

[Frenchie]

12 hours? I think I gotta pee

or for the ladies...

[mikeylikey]

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