Posted on 02/19/2009 7:02:08 AM PST by yankeedame
Udvar-Hazey branch of the Smithsonian.
I never could figure out why she had an invisible plane, when you could see her in it. Plus, who maintained it?
Another early model is in the Seattle Air and Space Museum. I think it was built in the early 60s.
At altitude, the flying envelope was five knots. Five
knots between never exceed speed and stall.
Well, the wings were kind of a limitation. Plus, until the Soviets got lucky and knocked one down, they were going for altitude versus speed to stay out of danger.
They have/had them at Osan AB. They were quite a sight. I even witnessed a couple of landings where I could swear the engine was not running. It just glided in, silent as night. Usually you'd hear something as they landed, but a few times, the only thing to indicate its presence was a shadow.
and designed with slide rules on drafting tables!
I was doing TDY at Edwards AFB and had the pleasure of seeing one of these take off at night. It was truely amazing.
“At altitude, the flying envelope was five knots. Five
knots between never exceed speed and stall.”
That’s truly amazing.
Meaning the other half were UFOs?
Number 7
Is that an undoctored photo? If so, very cool!
Dave, wasn’t the F-16XL with the “cranked-delta wing” General Dynamic’s entry into the program that ultimately yielded the F-15E Strike Eagle? I think I remember reading that somewhere...
That’s a great excerpt. I wonder what a Sled Driver’s definition of “scary Mach numbers” translates to. I’d like to find a book, but what I’ve seen, they’re expen$$$ive.
Here is a new one - smells like skunk and a pilot who has fun scaring the natives!
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1025246.html
http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0209/wichita.html
“Dave, wasn’t the F-16XL with the “cranked-delta wing” General Dynamic’s entry into the program that ultimately yielded the F-15E Strike Eagle?”
Yep, that’s it. They also wanted to enter it into the ATF competition as they felt it could have been modified to meet all requirements of the contract for about 50 -60 mil a copy. They were told no by the pentagon though because they wanted all new, not modified older. Dumd decision looking back, especially when zero closed f-22 production at 183 airframes this year.
It’s real, it was taken on the F117 farewell tour last year.
SZ
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