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26 minutes ago, Eric said:

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I remember driving up the roadway to the Lockheed Martin Ft. Worth F-16 plant while visiting for my company, and seeing some planes just sitting to the right of the road.  I couldn't believe my eyes when one caught my attention and it was an old flying wing.  That was an amazing undertaking at that time.  It took some fortitude to wrangle the old "wings".

The successful B-2 took (IIRC) 4 computers to manage the "quirks" of a successful flying wing.  It is an amazing thing to see.

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If we still had  men of incomparable vision and the ability to build things like Jack Northrup, Kelly Johnson, Donald Douglas and Willy Messerschmidtt, we'd be on Mars in a week, have the starship Enterprise by the end of the year.

Here's to you, lads.  :cheers:

We can only hope we see your like again.

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Just now, tous said:

If we still had  men of incomparable vision and the ability to build things like Jack Northrup, Kelly Johnson, Donald Douglas and Willy Messerschmidtt, we'd be on Mars in a week, have the starship Enterprise by the end of the year.

Here's to you, lads.  :cheers:

We can only hope we see your like again.

:cheers:

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On 8/18/2018 at 11:51 PM, Eric said:

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Get the Bondo and duct tape.......

And some plywood.

On 8/19/2018 at 4:13 PM, jilverthor said:

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A B-1A

Damn thing never did quite live up to the hype as the B1A or the B1B.  Beautiful plane.

On 8/19/2018 at 4:51 PM, janice6 said:

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Never drink and design......

On 8/19/2018 at 10:54 PM, jilverthor said:

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Cool concept.  Was being developed for a rescue of the Iran hostages I believe.  Wish they had kept working on it.  I can see potential.

Supposedly it could land and take off in a soccer stadium.

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On 11/29/2018 at 9:29 AM, Dric902 said:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/f-22-flight-mishap-was-human-error-investigation-finds

ok Wingnuts.

explain this to me. Did the pilot retract the main gear before he was airborne?

he couldn’t tell if he was flying or taxiing?

 

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From the article:

"The Air Force did not reveal the cost of the F-22’s damage. The unnamed pilot was reportedly unharmed. No nearby property was damaged, according to the report."

 

This may change after his CO chaws on his ass for a few minutes.....

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2 hours ago, SC Tiger said:

From the article:

"The Air Force did not reveal the cost of the F-22’s damage. The unnamed pilot was reportedly unharmed. No nearby property was damaged, according to the report."

 

This may change after his CO chaws on his ass for a few minutes.....

Law of Nature:  Crap happens.  Just hope it doesn't happen to you.

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