CHINA has successfully tested its first pilotless aircraft that can return safely guided by the Global Positioning System.The aircraft, made by Ningbo Best Aviation Technologies Co. Ltd. in Zhejiang Province, successfully completed test flights in Beijing and Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.The 2.7-meter-long aircraft, named Divine Eagle I, is capable of carrying 8 kg of materials at 180 km per hour for four hours at an altitude of 4,500 meters, the company said.The aircraft would be used for weather forecasts, creating artificial rain, land surveying, coastal patrols, forest fire surveillance, traffic control and other civilian uses, the company said.But it did not say when the aircraft would be put into commercial use.Best is also planning to test Divine Eagle II and III later this year. <2001>(SD News)