File:TDN-1 drone taking off from USS Sable (IX-81) on 10 August 1943.jpg

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Description	The U.S. Navy training carrier USS Sable (IX-81) launching a Naval Aircraft Factory TDN-1 drone while steaming off Traverse City, Michigan (USA), during flight tests on 10 August 1943. This plane has assumed an excessive nose-up attitude and is probably about to stall. Note the Grumman J2F Duck amphibian flying off the ship's port bow, possibly acting as a drone control aircraft. The terrain in the distance appears to be Sutton's Bay, indicating that the ship was heading westwards in Grand Traverse Bay, off the northern end of the Old Mission Peninsula.
Date	10 August 1943
Source	Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-387175 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	U.S. Navy

Camera location	45° 01′ 14.81″ N, 85° 29′ 20.87″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	45.020780; -85.489130

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