Seeing Skydweller in flight for the first time: a video

Aug 27, 2024, 03:25 ET

Seeing Skydweller in flight for the first time, some southern Mississippi folks enjoying themselves on the bayou made this video.

Even without a video, seeing Skydweller in flight for the first time is likely something they will never forget.

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Skydweller takes off from Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Mississippi

Skydweller is the world’s largest uncrewed, all-carbon fiber aircraft with a wingspan greater than a 747 and weigh about the same as a Ford F-150, capable of performing extreme endurance flights with heavy, powerful payloads. Skydwellers will be used for ultra-long duration missions such as providing exclusive economic zone enforcement, monitoring naval activity, and detecting drug smugglers and pirates at sea, and will accomplish these missions with zero carbon footprint.