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Old Nov 1, 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..."
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Old Nov 1, 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. "
Old Nov 4, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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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.
Hey.... I was fooled too
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