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Offline BowHTR

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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #555 on: October 11, 2014, 11:50:23 AM »
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Offline Arlo

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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #556 on: October 11, 2014, 12:41:13 PM »
A mail-plane.
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #557 on: October 13, 2014, 10:25:22 AM »
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Offline bustr

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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #558 on: October 13, 2014, 02:35:23 PM »
I made an IBM parts delivery into a building at Moffet Field once near where one of those was parked. It had 12 guys with MP5 and M4 standing around it. They had a Humvee with more armed guards parked at the end of the runway where Highway 101 passes near. It probably had something to do with Onizuka and the Blue Cube. Those and variations were always coming and going from Moffet in the mid 90's.
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #559 on: October 13, 2014, 03:26:07 PM »
Yeah, that thing just screams SIGINT & ELINT.
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #560 on: October 13, 2014, 11:57:40 PM »
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #561 on: October 14, 2014, 08:12:40 AM »
NASA "Oblique Wing" AD-1 ?

How about this?

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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #562 on: October 14, 2014, 08:25:04 AM »
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #563 on: October 14, 2014, 12:43:03 PM »
Quote from: Rob52240 on October 13, 2014, 11:57:40 PM
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If I remember right from a very long time ago, the plane was used to test different wing sweeps.
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #564 on: October 14, 2014, 07:15:04 PM »
Quote from: Randy1 on October 14, 2014, 12:43:03 PM
If I remember right from a very long time ago, the plane was used to test different wing sweeps.
The big advantage over a conventional swing wing aircraft is that the CG doesn't change. You also don't run into wing synchronization issues. The wing box structure (where the wing attaches to the fuselage) can probably be made lighter as well.
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #565 on: October 15, 2014, 07:51:36 AM »
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Offline GScholz

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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #566 on: October 15, 2014, 08:15:42 AM »
Macchi MC72
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #567 on: October 15, 2014, 08:24:09 AM »


Should be easy enough...
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #568 on: October 15, 2014, 09:38:36 AM »
That would be Mr. Awesome.  :)
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Re: Name that Plane
« Reply #569 on: October 15, 2014, 09:48:23 AM »
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