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This page: Left: A horizontal laser-driven test flight at White Sands. NASA 172 This page: Left: A horizontal laser-driven test flight at White ands. NASA Below left: Myrabo laser-propelled test vehicle cutaway. NAS Below right: Myrabo laser-driven test vehicle diagram. US Patent Office Opposite page: Top left: Tregenna Myrabo (Leik Myrabo’ daughter), who is manager of Lightcraft Technologies Inc, holds one of the small laser- driven test models at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Lightcraft Technologies Inc Top right: Myrabo Lightcraft artwork. NASA Right: During September 2003, a team of NASA researchers from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Dryden Flight Research Center proved that beamed light could be used to power an aircraft and sustain it in flight. Special photovoltaic arrays on the plane, similar to solar cells, receive the light energy and convert it to electric current to drive the propeller motor. In a series of indoor flights at MSFC, a lightweight custom-built laser was used to illuminate the aircraft’s solar panels. Photographed with their invention are (from left to ight): David Bushman and Tony Frackowiak, both of Dryden; and MSFC’s Robert Burdine. NASA-N : Below left: Myrabo laser-propelled test vehicle cutaway. NASA Below right: Myrabo laser-driven test vehicle diagram. US Patent Office Top right: Myrabo Lightcraft artwork. NASA Secret Projects: Flying Saucer Aircraft