New Plane
11-01-2004, 05:51 AM
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New Plane
The plane in these pictures is still officially the Air Vehicle Number 1, a prototype, on board the USS George Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit checks. Not exactly still Top Secret but certainly not yet made public. It will be known as the F/A-37. Although specs are classified, it is believed to be Mach 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth fighter / bomber / interceptor with approximately a 4,000nm range. Awesome!
Check out the Navy test pilot in the cockpit of the F/A-37...LT Kara Wade...
USS George Washington motto... "Over 90,000 Tons of Diplomacy, Where ever... When ever..."
Check out the Navy test pilot in the cockpit of the F/A-37...LT Kara Wade...
USS George Washington motto... "Over 90,000 Tons of Diplomacy, Where ever... When ever..."
11-01-2004, 10:48 AM
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/a37.asp
"Although these pictures come from a fictional movie, they were taken aboard a real U.S. aircraft carrier: the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was used for filming while the vessel was at San Diego's Naval Air Station North Island in June 2004. "
"Although these pictures come from a fictional movie, they were taken aboard a real U.S. aircraft carrier: the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was used for filming while the vessel was at San Diego's Naval Air Station North Island in June 2004. "
11-04-2004, 08:46 PM
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Hey.... I was fooled too
Originally Posted by OlderThanMe
hey canyoncarver you had me going until the third picture of the chick in the plane with the full glass faceshield, good try though.
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