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LOCKHEED YO-3A QUIET STAR

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PHOTOS BY KEITH SPARKS This unique military powered glider is a great-flying scale project that's perfect for electric power A MILITARY POWERED GLIDER THAT WAS EXTREMELY QUIET AND WAS USED TO IDENTIFY TARGETS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IF YOU LIKE military planes and gliders, you are in luck. I stumbled on the Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star in the October 2006 issue of Flight Journal, the sister publication of Model Airplane News. The YO-3A was used...

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