Textron AirLand engineering test pilot Dan Hinson couldn’t quit smiling Thursday afternoon.
Neither could others working on the Scorpion intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strike aircraft under development at a Cessna facility in east Wichita. Hinson, a former Navy pilot, and co-pilot David Sitz successfully flew the Scorpion for the first time on what was a beautiful Thursday morning.
“It was fantastic,” Hinson said after the flight. “It leapt off the ground.”
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Photo by ScorpionJet.com
