I would like to start sharing Photos of Experimental Aircraft and other Aircraft as well. The underside of a B-35.

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Wow! That's cool!

An older pic of the only remaining XB-70 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton. The aircraft is on display inside the museum now. One BIG, beautiful bird!

LOL! USNVet940, That looks like a 3 legged monster!

Yeah, looks a little like "ALIEN" popping out of the stomach.

Great photos Bob. Keep em coming.

The XB-70 was a hot bird. I will agree it sure does look strange, but it could get up and move.

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LOL! USNVet940, That looks like a 3 legged monster!

Yeah, it's one helluva big-azzed bird...185 feet long, over 30 feet in heighth, and a wing area of nearly 6300 feet. It dwarfs everything else at the museum, except for the B-36 and B-52. Here's another pic of it in flight, with the outer wing sections lowered to their full 65 degree angle for supersonic flight up to Mach 3+.

USNVet940,
The XB-70 is awesome. In flight it is really streamlined. Looks like a monster on the ground. Looks like a gracious bird in flight. Goes Mach 3? Wow! Getting to love this bird. Doktorbob

Here is a new prototype design Lockheed Martin is building right now. The aircraft is called the Cormorant. It is a submarine launched unmanned warplane that can be launched underwater, take off into the air, and then go back into the water for retrieval. LM always has the neatest toys!



http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/63b259a122d8...0004eecbccdrcrd.html

Looks like a dragonfly, but they call it a Mohawk (OV-1). First Turboprop I ever rode in.



You can find more here.

Mohawk Association

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USNVet940,
The XB-70 is awesome. In flight it is really streamlined. Looks like a monster on the ground. Looks like a gracious bird in flight. Goes Mach 3? Wow! Getting to love this bird. Doktorbob

Yeah, I absolutely love it. It's one of my favorite aircraft at the museum. The first prototype of it (which is the one at the museum) only reached Mach 3 one time because of aerodynamic and systems problems that seemed to plague every flight. The second prototype (which suffered it's share of problems) however, flew a number of times past Mach 3, including a sustained 33 minute run. Unfortunately, it was lost in 1966 when an F-104 chase plane collided with it over California, killing the pilot of the F-104 and one of the two pilots in the XB-70. Here's a couple of good sites about the XB-70 program and a link to it at the museum.

http://www.labiker.org/xb70.html
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/classics/xb70.php
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=592

USNVet940, I checked out the links and copied this picture. The devil made me do it. The XB-70 is called "The Valykrie". The first link www.labiker.org/xb70.html has a great story. Thanks for the links. I have never seen this aircraft before. Doktorbob

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Here is the Mohawk OV-1A with 4 engines. The 2 jet pods are J-47. Doktorbob

I'll bet thats a kick in the azz.
What were they doing with that?
Taking off a STOL style runways with mountains all around?


I Would bet that aircraft could almost go straight up with full power on this array.

AWESOME, Doc...

What's your pleasure?

This is another one we should be glad didn't get into large scale production. It looks to have a low RCS (stealthy) and the basic design would have been a great interdictor (like the A-6) if it had better engines. It's called the Horten HO-229

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Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 183

Sort of reminds you of the Mig 15 doesn't it? This plane was to carry some fo the first air-to-air missiles.

Just when I thought I've seen everything...

GERMAN AIR FORCE FLEW UFOS IN WW2
Top-secret Nazi program repaired and tested ship after aliens crashed!

By Ronald Porep

INDEPENDENT experts have confirmed that Nazi scientists recovered a UFO that crashed in Germany during World War II -- and attempted to make the alien craft part of the Third Reich's evil war machine!
http://greyfalcon.us/restored/1936.htm

The Ba349 was about as insane as it got.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349
Short of the Okha, suicide bomb...

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/kugisho_mxy7_ohka.htm
The Mistel was an interesting concept.

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Originally posted by peaceforall:
LOL! USNVet940, That looks like a 3 legged monster!

Yeah, it's one helluva big-azzed bird...185 feet long, over 30 feet in heighth, and a wing area of nearly 6300 feet. It dwarfs everything else at the museum, except for the B-36 and B-52. Here's another pic of it in flight, with the outer wing sections lowered to their full 65 degree angle for supersonic flight up to Mach 3+.

OH WOW! It looks AWESOME in flight...............

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Originally posted by dwgerard:
Here is a new prototype design Lockheed Martin is building right now. The aircraft is called the Cormorant. It is a submarine launched unmanned warplane that can be launched underwater, take off into the air, and then go back into the water for retrieval. LM always has the neatest toys!



http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/63b259a122d8...0004eecbccdrcrd.html

dwgerard, That is unique!
The Navy’s Swimming Spy Plane
It floats, it flies, it eliminates enemy targets—meet the water-launched unmanned enforcer!

The "Cormorant" is a very well thought out craft. To be retrieved, I assume it may be used again. Excellent. Doktorbob