tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post2017047436395696197..comments2024-03-28T09:52:12.340-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: This is the first F-117 (US air force serial number 79-10780) during final Assembly at the Lockheed Skunk Works plant in Burbank, California, around 1980.c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-1853010688439028462021-05-14T20:18:58.454-07:002021-05-14T20:18:58.454-07:00Heard about it indirectly, while in high school in...Heard about it indirectly, while in high school in the SFV around 1978, from a friend's dad, who worked at the Skunk Works for most of 40 years.<br />It was nicknamed "Harvey" at Lockheed.<br />Because, just like Jimmy Stewart's companion, it couldn't be seen.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-33119654648333336822021-05-10T22:04:52.968-07:002021-05-10T22:04:52.968-07:0010-4... I still have one of those still in the bo...10-4... I still have one of those still in the box!!! 'Think it was "Monogram model's!!" A R/C fling friend in Costa Mesa Ca., built a 3' span R/C sailplane version of the F-117 and flew it at the Estanscia Bluffs and Back Bay in Newport Beach flying sites back when!! 'Go a copy of the video .. local TV station came out when they heard about it and did a presentation!! 'I Got a "Cameo appearance" launching my sailplane!! Good times!!<br />skybillskybillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386847670843842715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-68714868238230436342021-05-10T21:29:48.031-07:002021-05-10T21:29:48.031-07:00And that photo was tippy-top top secret when it wa...And that photo was tippy-top top secret when it was taken. Remember all the rumors of stealth fighters and the speculation about shapes ? I remember a toy one I got for my kid in 84 or 85 that was wildly wrong.TwoDogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400034283241205713noreply@blogger.com