But you do have to worry about............... 
Posted on 01/12/2018 11:43:02 AM PST by Red Badger
Last time I went to Wright Patterson (early 2000s) the B70 was crammed into a hanger with a bunch of other planes and you couldn’t see it well...first time (late 80s) it was in the big hanger and was beautiful.
The interesting thing is that the body shape of the successor is very similar to body shape used for variants of the NASP back in the early 1990's.
LS might have more insight as he wrote The Hypersonic Revolution, Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology: Volume III, The Quest for the Obital Jet: The Natonal Aero-Space Plane Program (1983-1995)
“...Son of Blackbird...”
That would be “SOB”
In 1966 there was one sitting outside the King Hangar at Eglin for several weeks. It was within view of the highway but nearest you would get was several hundred yards.
I have a really good photo of my Daughter standing in front of one at the Armaments Museum at Eglin. Unfortunately I can no long post photos from Photobucket.
I don’t know that we need such an aircraft given our satellite technology, but it would be really cool to see what 21st Century tech could build.
It’s still here............
As beautiful as I think both this and the SR-71 are, it can’t outrun a Laser beam.
The problem with satellites is you have to wait for them to pass over the area of interest, which could take days.........
I think the early U2 overflights found the USSR’s Baikanor Missile Launch complex by literally following a rail line. If it weren’t for advanced technical intelligence of the Soviet Union we wouldn’t have had any intelligence worthy of the name.
Awfully low aspect ratio with little room for control surfaces. Maybe the wings aren’t bolted on yet. My guess is the blob on top is an air-inlet if this is air-breathing propulsion. Someone will be in deep doo doo for letting this out unless it is intentional disinformation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdxpqqsHl8
The Oxcart Story-Frank Murray
A-12 Cygnus...precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird.
“The problem with satellites is you have to wait for them to pass over the area of interest, which could take days.........”
Boeing’s X-37B has the ability to radically shift orbits and remain in space from 6 months to well overy a year. What it does is not known, but the reconnaissance potential is enormous.
You don’t have to worry about fragile scram jet engines, heat management, enemy SAM’s, etc.
But you do have to worry about...............
The Boeing Museum of Flight has a nice A-12 complete with its drone mounted on top. Look it up at their website.
Thanks for that link!
If so, what do we need it for? And why would we build it with Anti-Gravity technology at hand?
The first release characterized this as a "drone"--which might be cover for the problems of a classical Air Foil flying machine traveling at Mach 5--the human body might in fact withstand the G forces at that kind of speed but probably not much more--so you want people to think that you don't have any human bodies on board; which maybe this text leaves open as a possible assumption.
I will say that I have looked at their releases and what I have heard is possible cover for the fact that this machine is in fact an Anti Gravity device. I have also heard gossip for several years that Boeing has been seeking approval for design of a next-gen commercial airplane and while nothing exactly says so, the approval limitation would be for use of technology that is currently limited for National Security purposes.
The initial images posted with this story showed the device with wings that really don't look much like airfoils; with circular appendages at the end of each winglet which looked to be around four feet in diameter and they look like wicker baskets. You wouldn't see those as doing much for the flying characteristics of a traditional classical air foil machine--but they would make imminent sense as the anti-gravity field generation devices.
Jaw-dropping — until I saw a RB-57F takeoff...
Strange fact. The B-57, or at least everyone I worked on, EB’s and RB’s, had J-65 BUICK jet engines.
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