Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747 ST. LOUIS — Boeing’s newest spy drone, the Phantom Ray, got its first taste of the air Monday while hitching a ride on a 747 designed to ferry the space shuttle. It was a first for the drone, which is a test bed for advanced UAV technologies, but it was also a big day for NASA, which proved it can find new uses for
