gwh%earthquake.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (07/26/90)
From: gwh%earthquake.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) Subsequent to the release in recent Aviation magazines the first photos of the Northrop YF-23, I endeavoured to make an in- depth analysis of it's design heritage. Investegations into old design proposals, analysis of trends in stealth technology, all were taken into account. The biases of the Northrop designers, of the McDonell Douglas crew, all taken into account. My conclusion is therefore somewhat of a suprise; that the YF-23 was not 'designed' in the proper sense, but instead was somewhat of an accident. Yes, the F-23 was the result of an illicit and unsuspected midnight liasion (doubtless at some USAF hangar with insufficient night security / observation) between the YF-17 [Northrop P-630] prototype, and a SR-71, most probably one of the A-12 variants (the 'Drone Motherships', hence likely the plane that carried the baby YF-23 ... ). Yes, those chines, the massive podded engines, the underbelly that we know so well, mated with the upper fuselage and general configuration of the F-17. It is truly a sight to behold. 8-) (In case you can't tell, I like the F-22 more from what I've seen 8-) == George William Herbert == ******************************************* == JOAT for Hire: Anything, == * Warning: This Person Contains Chemicals * =======Anywhere, My Price======= * Which are Known to Cause Cancer, Birth * == gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu == ******** Defects, and Brain Damage! ******* == ucbvax!ocf!gwh == The OCF Gang: Making Tomorrow's Mistakes Today