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2003? First of all, I have no idea why people insist on calling UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) drones. It's a stupid term. Secondly, UAVs are much much much o
by aestra 13y ago
2003?
First of all, I have no idea why people insist on calling UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) drones. It's a stupid term. Secondly, UAVs are much much much older than 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle
The United States was flying UAVs in the friggin 60's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Model_147 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Model_147
http://gizmodo.com/the-ryan-firebee-grandfather-to-the-modern-uav-1155938222 http://gizmodo.com/the-ryan-firebee-grandfather-to-the-moder...
- dingaling 13y agoThe term 'drone' long precedes the Pentagonese moniker 'UAV'. I think it originates with the de Havilland Queen Bee of the late 1930s, a radio-controlled conversion of the Tiger Moth trainer. With metalwork replaced by wooden components on account of their expected short lifespans, as they were used for gunnery training.
- aestra 13y agoPeople "in the industry" call them UAVs so I am so used to that term that drone sounds so weird.