# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/r45HHHoaEt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11738467-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/3fe0ef44e9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2014-08-19T17:53:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Testing Electric Propulsion: On August 19, National Aviation Day, a lot of people are reflecting on how far aviation has come in the last century. Could this be the future – a plane with many electric motors that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane, and that could revolutionize air travel? Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are studying the concept with models such as the unmanned aerial system GL-10 Greased Lightning. The GL-10, which has a 10-foot wingspan, recently flew successfully while tethered. Free-flight tests are planned in the fall of 2014. 
Today, share your first flight experience with images and stories using #myfirstflight.

Image Credit: NASA Langley/David C. Bowman

#nasa #nationalaviationday #nasaaero #aeronautics

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