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To: BenLurkin

Dunno if any 4th or 5th gen fighters leave trails like that, certainly not an F117 or a B2. Some kind of drone or something experimental. Looks like the photo was taken during daylight hours, don’t think one would go too obvious with a spy plane.


12 posted on 03/29/2014 4:12:57 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Antihero101607

Advanced aircraft leave contrails, as well. Contrail formation is based upon atmospherics. For a military operation one would get a contrail prediction from weather forecasters for the particular conditions of the day and then avoid those altitudes. You also confirm the contrail altitudes if you can.


21 posted on 03/29/2014 4:20:24 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Antihero101607
Dunno if any 4th or 5th gen fighters leave trails like that,

Ah, but the modern brother of the ancient V-1 'Buzz Bomb' jet just might! A PDE (pulse detonation engine) fills the combustion chamber with fuel and oxidizer and then uses a detonation pressure wave to ignite it in a pulse of power. It supposedly can be used from subsonic to mach 5+ and is rumored to power the ?Aurora?

24 posted on 03/29/2014 4:23:23 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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