The WW2 RC Warbirds that Probed Nuclear Blasts
The 1946 A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll were too dangerous for conventional aircraft, and this led to the adoption of RC flight control of a fleet of radio controlled Grumman Hellcats and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. These warplanes, fresh off the production line at the end of World War Two, were modified with the addition of a set of radio-controlled instruments to allow a pilot to fly the plane from a "control" aircraft nearby or...
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