▁territory ▁for ▁bomb ing ▁or ▁reconna issance ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁pilot ▁to ▁hook ▁onto ▁a ▁different ▁B - 3 6 ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁enemy ▁territory . ▁These ▁projects ▁were ▁all ▁soon ▁abandoned , ▁partly ▁because ▁aer ial ▁ref uel ing ▁appeared ▁as ▁a ▁much ▁sa fer ▁solution ▁to ▁extend ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁f igh ters . ▁ ▁Dr one ▁moth ers hips ▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁D AR PA ▁is ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁project ▁to ▁launch ▁and ▁recover ▁un mann ed ▁aer ial ▁vehicles ▁from ▁larger ▁aircraft . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁Ex amples ▁that ▁have ▁flow n ▁include : ▁ ▁A ▁Br istol ▁Sc out ▁was ▁flow n ▁from ▁a ▁Por te ▁Baby ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁first ▁par as ite ▁aircraft ▁( 1 9 1 6 ) ▁ ▁An ▁Al bat ros ▁D . III ▁was ▁flow n ▁from ▁L ▁ 3 5 ▁( L Z ▁ 8 0 ) ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁first ▁par as ite ▁f ighter ▁flying ▁from ▁an ▁air ship ▁( J anu ary ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 1 8 ) ▁ ▁A ▁S op with ▁Cam el ▁was ▁flow n ▁from ▁air ship ▁H MA ▁ 2 3 ▁( 1 9 1 8 ) ▁ ▁A ▁S per ry ▁M essen ger ▁bi plane ▁was ▁launched ▁and ▁recovered ▁by ▁non - rig id ▁air ships ▁T c - 3 ▁and ▁T c - 7 ▁( 1 9 2 3 ) ▁ ▁Several ▁D H ▁ 5 3