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All Sonic, No Boom
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| March 2007
| Eric Hagerman
Posted on 02/17/2007 8:21:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: newguy357
You can get an F-22 for 120 million Yeah, the spacious, comfortable, entertaining, F-22.
Perfect for those quick business trips. :-)
To: SunkenCiv
It's shape reminds me somewhat of the B-?? Valkyrie.
It also reminds me somewhat of the paper planes that I (and others) sent zipping across the elementary classrooms. There was sometimes a 'sonic boom' (GO!! To the Principal's office!!!)
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:19:05 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
To: Cicero; SunkenCiv
Hmm. I wonder what it would look like with Burt Rutan polka-dots on it.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:19:43 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
To: Zuriel
XB-70
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:28:42 PM PST
by
Buddy B
(MSgt Retired-USAF)
To: JoeSixPack1; newguy357; stephenjohnbanker
"Yeah, the spacious, comfortable, entertaining, F-22.
Perfect for those quick business trips."
Kerry looked around, Did you have any packages, Maam? Our travel seating will be cramped, but I guarantee you will be safe and comfortable.
She waved a portable data unit at him. Just my notebook. Do you really think I can get there and back before my evening appointment? Its over six thousand
kilometers! She followed Kerry to the plane. Behind them, worried staffers looked on with concern.
Our flight time is just over an hour, Maam. Ill be standing by to return you just as quickly when your meeting is over.
Governor Tanaki was impressed by the statistic, but was even more impressed with the plane. The Sabot, or Rocket-Fighter, was an impressive craft to one on foot. It was massive in scale, and the approaching people were dwarfed by it.
Kerry led Governor Tanaki to a miniscule boarding port, where a folding stairway had already been extended. Mind the headroom, Maam. These fighters were built for speed and firepower, not pilot comfort.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:28:49 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
XB-70
thanks, for the pic too.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:31:34 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
To: Erasmus
>"By the time this is available, they'll have robotic hairdressers the size of a present-day hair drier. And it'll include a robotic face-stretcher, too.
< };^)
By the time this is available Stretch Peelousy will look like this.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:31:36 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(This most beautiful system could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being)
To: A.A. Cunningham
50's technology to max!
I wish they had made 20 or so operational.
I bet all sorts of uses and developments would have sprung from the 'Valk
BTW my father was a draftsman/engineer for N. American during the B70 program. I read everything he brought home on it, even if 'over my head'
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:40:01 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: Buddy B; SunkenCiv; Cicero; stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:42:02 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
To: rawcatslyentist
Will she still be in office? ;)
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:46:29 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: RunningWolf; rawcatslyentist; Erasmus
"Will she still be in office?" A veritable fixture.
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:05:26 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
To: NicknamedBob
To: Right Wing Assault
What about a smaller version for commuting?!
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:33:45 PM PST
by
wouldntbprudent
(If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
To: RayChuang88
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:35:08 PM PST
by
wouldntbprudent
(If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
To: RunningWolf
One thing Boeing does better than anyone elseThis is a Lockheed, not a Boeing, project.
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:49:58 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: kylaka
vertical stabilizerThe tail assembly looks nothing like the Concorde. The fuselage owes more to the Constellation than it does to the Concorde, which was rather conventional except for the drooping nose. The nose on this plane does have the 'droop' look, but you will note that I left 'nose' off my list of obvious visible differences.
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:56:14 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
Oh really?
I guess I was fooled by the lines of the aircraft Lockheed/Boeing.
It looks like a significant advancement that will work in the marketplace.
There was a time when I could have rode the SST to London and back for $400 or so? (on a 90%) back in the day, and I never did.
Maybe I can catch a ride on one of these baby's!
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posted on
02/17/2007 11:01:26 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: BlueOneGolf
To: SunkenCiv
Those people at "SkunkWorks" are pretty amazing! They gave us the SR-71 and the F-117. No telling what all they have up their sleeves.
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