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LIFT first flight

A LIFT team member tows out the Hexa, an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, for its first flight April 4 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Hexa team completed the aircraft’s first unmanned flight test via remote control. The aircraft, which used 18 motors and propellors, flew for approximately 10 minutes and reached a height of about 50 feet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

PHOTO BY: Samuel King Jr.
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NIKON Z 7_2

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NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

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4

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1/3200

ISO

400

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