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U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team pilot, performs a demonstration during the Air Force Heritage Flight Training Course, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Feb. 29, 2020. A Heritage Flight performance involves a current U.S. Air Force fighter piloted by an Air Combat Command trained military Heritage Flight pilot and flown with a historical warbird piloted by a certified civilian Heritage Flight pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristan Biese)

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Britain’s CAA came under enormous pressure to clear the SkyGuardian’s transatlantic flight

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Nearly two years ago, the MQ-9B SkyGuardian carried out its first transatlantic flight across civilian airspace to land at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo. It has now been revealed that the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) came under enormous pressure to clear the flight.

MQ9B Sky Guardian - RIAT 2018 (44998128765)
Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK / CC BY-SA

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