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USAF Photo of the Evening: Deterrent Extraordinaire
ChamorroBible.org ^ | June 16, 2005 | USAF Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler

Posted on 02/25/2013 3:49:20 PM PST by EnjoyingLife


U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber sitting on the flight line at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, USA. Via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200905.htm (medium, large)

The Photographer 
Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler, United States Air Force  



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: b2; bomber; langleyafb; spirit; stealth; usaf
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To: EnjoyingLife

That thing is friggin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting.


21 posted on 02/25/2013 5:02:32 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: EnjoyingLife
Adolph had one of those.




22 posted on 02/25/2013 5:17:03 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

We ned 100 more of these.


23 posted on 02/25/2013 5:38:49 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: tet68

Those things were darn near ivisible to radar at the time.

The Air Force knew that but cancelled them anyway.


24 posted on 02/25/2013 5:40:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Used it on the martians in original “War of the Worlds” Didn’t stop them!


25 posted on 02/25/2013 5:58:34 PM PST by Renegade
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To: IamConservative

Wasn’t that the prop driven plane at Wright Patt. I think all the jet models were destroyed!


26 posted on 02/25/2013 6:00:59 PM PST by Renegade
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To: IamConservative

Didja get to see the Valkyrie?


27 posted on 02/25/2013 6:05:26 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: BenLurkin; tet68; EnjoyingLife
Those things were darn near ivisible to radar at the time.

The Air Force knew that but cancelled them anyway.

You can’t really blame them.

The Flying Wing was spec’ed as a nuclear bomber.

It was a difficult plane to fly and an unstable platform from which to drop a bomb accurately. There were a couple crashes during testing and who wants to crash a plane with a couple nuclear weapon on board.

Of course then there were the rumors of Boeing offering cushy retirement jobs to the generals in charge of selecting the next intercontinental bomber.

28 posted on 02/25/2013 6:08:13 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

See my post 22. Ole Jackie boy may have gotten his ideas from the Horten brothers, who actually designed the aircraft in 1935 and build a flying model in the 1940’s.

But hey, lots of ideas strike several unconnected individuals at the same time. God does things like that.

Northrup corporation actually spent its own time and money to re-create the Horten 229. (Which was captured, dismantled and shipped to the US in 1945) The results raised goose bumps when they realized that not only could the plane fly, but it really could slip by radar technology at the time, and even give modern radar a run for it’s money.

Constructed of PLYWOOD, it incorporated an aluminum particle based paint (similar to the Hindenburg) to protect the wood from the jet exhaust.

Hitler’s wet dream was to fly these bombers to NYC and destroy Manhattan.

The pucker-factor? Another 6 months, and it would have been a done deal.

Another speculation for the machines not getting the funding needed was that Adolph was a collectivist. He wrote scathing commentary about “individualists.” He considered them traitors.

He never really trusted the Horten brothers, believing they were recalcitrant individualists. (He was probably correct.)


29 posted on 02/25/2013 6:12:04 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

With five (5) Nuc Carriers sittin side by side tied to the dock in Norfork right now it might be wise to get these airborn...jes saying.


30 posted on 02/25/2013 6:12:37 PM PST by Captain7seas (Fire Jane Lubchenco)
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To: Captain7seas
With five (5) Nuc Carriers sittin side by side tied to the dock in Norfork right now

Good Lord.

31 posted on 02/25/2013 6:18:05 PM PST by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: EnjoyingLife

The only big plane I haven’t seen up close and personal. Some day.


32 posted on 02/25/2013 6:20:04 PM PST by TheRhinelander
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To: Cyber Liberty

Didja get to see the Valkyrie?

They have one? That and the Blackbird makes the trip worth it.


33 posted on 02/25/2013 6:37:07 PM PST by Figment
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the flying wing ping. It is an awesome bird.


34 posted on 02/25/2013 6:43:17 PM PST by zot
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To: IamConservative
Wright Patt is a good stop if you ever get close.

Oh man, I could live there. You NEED a FULL 2 DAYs to do it justice. I especially like the Messerschmidts they have on display. So far ahead of their time.

Walk through the front door, and hanging over your head is a wood and canvas French plane with an engine the size of your family car. You really wonder how it ever got off the ground.

I took my Dad there for a reunion of the boys on his ship. First day, those old boys ran off to a far back corner of the museum. I had trouble keeping up with them. They KNEW where they were going.

There, way back in the corner, was a B29 in pristine condition. The legend said the plane was in flyable condition. Next to it were mock ups of Fat Man and Little Boy.

But what almost had me choked up was all those old boys putting hands on that airplane, openly crying. It was BOCKSCAR, the SECOND plane to hit Japan at Nagasaki. Enola Gay was a good hit, but Bockscar nailed the coffin shut.

All those old warriors knew that that airplane sealed the deal and ended the war. Had it not, most of those guys would have been hamburger on the road to Tokyo.

I stood back and watched a mob of old guys just rub their hands on the belly of that airplane, and openly cry.

Most emotional moment I ever had with my father.

35 posted on 02/25/2013 6:45:37 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: Pontiac

I saw an interview with the test pilot who flew the flying wing over the capital in Washington D.C.

He had a Spanish name, maybe Cardenas. Anyway he was also the pilot who flew the B-29 which launched the Bell X-1 with Yeager piloting it the time the sound barrier was boken.

If I remember right he said the flying wing was very difficult to fly and to be no means stall it as you would never regain control. The plane did crash but I don’t remember why.


36 posted on 02/25/2013 6:49:02 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: yarddog

About 10-15 years back, I took the by-appointment-only tour of the Smithsonian’s Paul Garber Facility in... I believe it was Silver Spring, MD. They had one of the captured Horton Flying Wings there with the wings off packed in with countless other amazing artifacts. I think they moved everything to Reagan... I just was really amazed to see the “backlot”.

Oh... and I saw the miniature Northrop flying wing fly at the Chino Airshow about 15 years back too. I’d dig for pictures, but anymore I check FR on my phone...


37 posted on 02/25/2013 6:57:21 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Captain7seas

Don’t forget we have the U.S. Air Force ICBM’s, with 450 delivery vehicles that can deliver 550 nuclear warheads.
And U.S. Navy has SLBM’s, with 288 delivery vehicles that can deliver 1,152 nuclear warheads in 30 minutes or less.


38 posted on 02/25/2013 7:12:32 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: Figment

Yes, the Air Force Museum has the one and only XB-70 left. I really want to see it myself.


39 posted on 02/25/2013 7:29:00 PM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: publius911

Hold down the Ctrl button and roll the wheel on your mouse. It will enlarge or shrink the entire page.


40 posted on 02/25/2013 8:34:01 PM PST by B4Ranch (When democracy turns to tyranny, we still get to vote. We just won't use voting booths to do it.)
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