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F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired
zonker writes "Nearly 30 years ago Lockheed Martin's elite Skunk Works team developed what would become the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter. A few of their earlier projects include the SR-71 Blackbird and U2 Dragon Lady spy planes. Today is the last for the Stealth Fighter, which is being replaced by the F-22 Raptor (another Skunk Works project)."
I'm sure it will retire to a nice well-paid job in the defense industry.
Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
... after 56 years, the B-52s keep flying. No, I don't mean the band, although I do like the idea of roaming if I so desire.
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Sheriff of Rottingham: This is a stealth catapult, we've been working on it secretly for months. It can hurl one of these heavy boulders undetected, over a hundred yards, completely destroying anything in its path.
Prince John: Wow! How's it work?
Sheriff of Rottingham: It's rather simple. You get one of these heavy boulders, put it here where I'm sitting, and then pull on that lever.
Prince John: Like this?
[John pulls the lever and flings Mervin into the air]
Sheriff of Rottingham: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
How many VW's in an imperial assload?
Seriously, though, that's a fairly nice analysis.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
That would probably work. But throwing the undead into a vat of kerosene and lighting the vat would not. :)
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Don't forget about Raptor Jesus, he went extinct for your sins!
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Yes, the ever-growing legend of the Avro Arrow. At this rate it's soon to be indistinguishable from Chuck Norris. Oh, and you left out the conspiracy theories.
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
A good SR-71 anecdote. From "Sled Driver"
"One day, high above Arizona, we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the mortal airplanes below us. First, a Cessna pilot asked the air traffic controllers to check his ground speed. 'Ninety knots,' ATC replied. A twin Bonanza soon made the same request. 'One-twenty on the ground,' was the reply. To our surprise, a navy F-18 came over the radio with a ground speed check. I knew exactly what he was doing. Of course, he had a ground speed indicator in his cockpit, but he wanted to let all the bug-smashers in the valley know what real speed was. 'Dusty 52, we show you at 620 on the ground,' ATC responded.
The situation was too ripe. I heard the click of Walter's mike button in the rear seat. In his most innocent voice, Walter startled the controller by asking for a ground speed check from 81,000 feet, clearly above controlled airspace. In a cool, professional voice, the controller replied, 'Aspen 20, I show you at 1,982 knots on the ground.' We did not hear another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast."
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
3 words: Stealth jet limo.
The next person to make fun of Scientology gets a surprise visit from Travolta and his payload.
You can't take the sky from me...
there's an A-12, which is basically the same plane, at Udvar Hazy in Maryland. It's an annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.
This also happens to be Enterprise's current perch. I had no idea she was there the first time I went. So I'm walking along and turn a corner, and HOLY SHIT SPACE SHUTTLE@!>!@$!#E#KRK
It was kind of a surreal experience.
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Thank you ever so much for clarifying. I feel as if the wool has lifted from my eyes... and been replaced with bricks.
What is is all that is. Isn't that obvious?
what he said.
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