Pilot interview 3. A VIDEO showing what could be the first manned drone being tested by the United States Army around sixty years ago has been revealed. While manned drones have just started to be constructed by inventors once again, this incredible video shows the 1950???s pilot of the direct-lift rotor aircraft Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee perched on the platform, ascending above the ground while calmly navigating it in circular motions. During an interview with the tester, he explains that it was very easy to use it and to navigate it he needed to ???shift his weight??? using his feet to control the aircraft. mediadrumworld.com