Target tug
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A target tug, or target tower, is an aircraft which tows an unmanned drone, a fabric drogue or other kind of target, for the purposes of gun or missile target practice. Target tugs are often conversio
Poster for the British target tug Hawker Henley
Swiss DH 100 Vampire target tug, painted in bright warning colors. It is common to paint target tugs in vibrant colors to differentiate them from the targets they tow
Swiss F+W C-3605 towing a target sleeve
British Defiant TT Mk III target tug, May 1944, with a ram air turbine powered target winch
F+W C-3605
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The F+W C-3605, nicknamed Schlepp or "Alpine Anteater", is a target towing aircraft operated by the Swiss Air Force from 1971–1987. The aircraft was developed during the latter half of the 1960s by th
Target tug
…target tug, painted in bright warning colors. It is common to paint target tugs in vibrant colors to differentiate them from the targets they tow Swiss F+W C-3605 towing a target sleeve A target tug, or target tower, is an aircraft which tows an unmanned drone, a fabric drogue or other kind of target, for the…
Schlepp in flight at the AirExpo 2015
C-3605 at the Aviation Museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland.
C-3605 HB-RDH airborne over the Swiss alps
A "warbird" C-3605 parked on the tarmac.