"Area 51 spy plane and other aviation tales" Topic
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Tango01 | 08 Feb 2014 9:59 p.m. PST |
"It looks like an upside-down bathtub with wings, pretty odd for a spy jet that was among the nation's most highly classified pieces of military hardware. As I stand in front of the plane code-named Tacit Blue at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, near Dayton, Ohio, I'm reminded that it still holds a bit of mystery. Engineers made fun of Tacit Blue's design by nicknaming it the Whale, but the program -- declassified in 1996 -- was deadly serious. It was all about stealth. Pentagon Cold War strategists desperately wanted to build planes that could evade Soviet radar
" Full article here. link Amicalement Armand |
Lion in the Stars | 09 Feb 2014 8:27 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the Tacit Blue is one weird-looking bird:
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Tango01 | 09 Feb 2014 8:42 p.m. PST |
Agree my friend. Amicalement Armand |
GROSSMAN | 10 Feb 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
Not sure I would fly that pig. |
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