And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Funny about that. Tom Clancy invented a stealth fighter and invented that it was unstable in flight because the shape made it hard to control. The F-117 had computer-assisted flight controls and was smooth as glass. Still, congress people heard 'wobbly goblin' and questioned the Air Force about how bad the F-117 handled. Air Force had to squash all that, like I am doing now. Clancy was good, but he wrote fiction.
The existence and appearance of these planes was highly classified (special access program) back when they were being built. This picture would probably have been secret special access when taken. Maybe top secret special access.
Zinc chromate is what popped into my head when I saw this photo.
ReplyDeleteEvery one of them kept their mouths shut too.
ReplyDeleteThe "fighter" with zero air to air capability.
ReplyDeleteYes. It was a platform for laser guided bombs, just about exclusively, as far as I know.
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ReplyDeleteFunny about that. Tom Clancy invented a stealth fighter and invented that it was unstable in flight because the shape made it hard to control. The F-117 had computer-assisted flight controls and was smooth as glass. Still, congress people heard 'wobbly goblin' and questioned the Air Force about how bad the F-117 handled. Air Force had to squash all that, like I am doing now. Clancy was good, but he wrote fiction.
DeleteThe existence and appearance of these planes was highly classified (special access program) back when they were being built. This picture would probably have been secret special access when taken. Maybe top secret special access.
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