Word: droneman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Night targets are lighted by a series of 300,000-candle-power flares, recorded by a motion-picture camera. When its mission is accomplished, the drone can be parachuted to earth, reused time and again. "These little fellows have four obvious pluses for the field commander," says an Army droneman. "They require no take-off or landing strip; they are effective at night, when the enemy makes his important moves; they are easily recoverable; and they are pilotless -precious life is being preserved...
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