Wallops Flight Facility ~Unmanned Aircraft Take-Off

Va. Route 175 Closing August 7 for Unmanned Aircraft Take-Off from Wallops 

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA Virginia Route 175 will be closed from approximately 7:20 to 7:35 a.m., Wednesday, August 7, between Royal Farms and the NASA Visitor Center to support the take-off from the Wallops Flight Facility of the U.S. Navys X-47B unmanned aircraft. 

The closure is required for added safety as the aircraft departs Wallops at 7:30 a.m. and flies over Rt. 175 on its return to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator landed at Wallops July 10 following aircraft carrier landing tests off the coast of Virginia.

The NASA Visitor Center will open at 7 a.m. Wednesday for the public to view the take-off of the X-47B.

More Information on the NASA Wallops Flight Facility is available on the Internet at:


http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

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