Author Topic: What aircraft is this? (LARGE PICTURES) (Read 2538 times)

TBolt A-10 · « **on:** July 10, 2004, 07:55:44 PM »

I'm told that it is definitely real, not a photoshop.[/b]

TrueKill · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2004, 08:17:01 PM »

dont know but i dont think the person that took those photots are still alive

TBolt A-10 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2004, 09:38:22 PM »

Just found out that, most likely, the aircraft is just a movie prop.

"It’s a full size model of a ficticious airplane built for the upcoming Columbia Tri-Star movie “Stealth” starring Jessica Biel. These scenes are filmed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln which just returned after 10 months in dry dock and is preparing for local deployment. The premise of the movie follows an artificial-intelligence program designed by the military to pilot jet planes and reduce the amount of human casualties but one of the AI pilots runs amok and starts killing people."

Pei · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2004, 05:39:12 AM »

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Originally posted by TBolt A-10

" The premise of the movie follows an artificial-intelligence program designed by the military to pilot jet planes and reduce the amount of human casualties but one of the AI pilots runs amok and starts killing people."

How original....

GScholz · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2004, 07:01:31 AM »

If it's AI controlled why have a cockpit? ... Let me guess; so that the human hero can hunt down the flying terminator in an epic dogfight.

Heater · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2004, 07:15:03 AM »

Ask Voss, He flew it!

Gunslinger · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2004, 06:39:18 PM »

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Originally posted by GScholz
If it's AI controlled why have a cockpit? ... Let me guess; so that the human hero can hunt down the flying terminator in an epic dogfight.

My favorite thing to do at work is to tell a noobie he needs to assist on an Egress Final (ejection system inspection) on the global hawk/UCAV.

Usually gets them every time

Sabre · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2004, 09:37:48 AM »

Reminds me of a bogus assignment notice posted on the bulletin board when I was at tech school, about a *new* Air Force specialty: Minuteman Test Pilot Program.

Then there's the old aircraft maintenance standby, where you tell the newbie to go to base supply and pick up a roll of flightline. Gets them every time

. There are a few others, but they escape me at the moment.

SOLAS · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2004, 08:09:49 AM »

this aircraft is looking modern

GuyNoir · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2004, 08:46:04 PM »

It kinda looks like this plane:

http://www.area51zone.com/aircraft/switchblade.shtml

the Switchblade, which made it into Popular Science.

gunnss · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2004, 09:44:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Sabre
Reminds me of a bogus assignment notice posted on the bulletin board when I was at tech school, about a *new* Air Force specialty: Minuteman Test Pilot Program.

Then there's the old aircraft maintenance standby, where you tell the newbie to go to base supply and pick up a roll of flightline. Gets them every time . There are a few others, but they escape me at the moment.

In the ARMY we sent them out for a can of Freq Grease, a box of Chem light batteries, and some "Grid" Squares.

Gunns

33Vortex · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2004, 03:51:31 AM »

OMG LOL!

I don't know but somehow I find it hard to believe a wing would be able to switch trailing edge to leading edge. The contol surfaces and hydraulics/servos would hardly stand up to the stress, especially at mach 3. Can you hear it SNAP?

That dipped nose looks like it's designed for slow speeds. Mach 3? Forget it. Good looking mock-up tho.

CMC Airboss · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2004, 02:02:11 PM »

I wonder if the producers of "Stealth" will credit Dale Brown? The thought controlled aircraft premise is virtually the same as his novel "Day of the Cheetah."

http://www.megafortress.com/08.htm

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Day of the Cheetah (1989) Once perfected, the aircraft nicknamed 'DreamStar' will be America's new air-superiority fighter and the world's deadliest combat-ready weapon.

MiG

Murdr · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2004, 04:43:21 PM »

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Originally posted by gunnss
In the ARMY we sent them out for a can of Freq Grease, a box of Chem light batteries, and some "Grid" Squares.

Gunns

Or a gallon of squelch. Or an ST1 or s-t-o-n-e

Blammo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:41:52 AM »

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Or a gallon of squelch. Or an ST1 or s-t-o-n-e

Being a paratrooper we used to tell them to go to the 1st Sgt and ask him for the keys to the drop zone.

I was a combat engineer so we would also give them a mallet and a peice of chalk and tell them to go find all the weak points in a dozer blade. They were supposed to do that by tapping with the mallet and marking (with chalk) each spot that didn't sound different....for those that down know, ever spot on a dozer blade sounds different...but it was fun to watch.