wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) (06/27/90)
From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) In our local paper on Saturday was a photograph (and article about) of the Northrop YF-23, which is that company's entry in the bid for the ATF (Advanced Technology Fighter) contract. Lockheed also has one called the YF-22, no photograph seen YET - expect it soon. ATF is claimed as being a successor to the F15. The ATF *IS* supposed to be a supersonic fighter with some Stealth characteristics. The photograph shocked the heck out of me because with only a few variations, it looked VERY VERY much like the Testor Corporations model of their so-called F19 Stealth Fighter! (odd too that F-19 is very close to F-22 or 23 in the scheme of things - coincidence? Or possibly good contacts at Testors....) While Testors had the vertical stabs. angled IN, the Northrop plane has them angled OUT at what appears to be close to the same angle. I have no way of knowing if the photo was retouched or not, but if not, the wing planform of the YF-23 looks also very much like the Testors kit. The body shape is, in a sense, reminiscent of the SR71 in that there appears (perhaps, how much can you really see in a newspaper photo?) to be a semi-cylindrical core for a fuselage and something resembling the SR's chines attached to it. Now for the fun. The thing supposedly costs $51 million EACH, as in, PER PLANE! Boy, the congress is going to have a field day with that one! I can't wait to see the Lockheed YF-22.....will it be a "lineage" type of plane that could be considered a descendant of the aforementioned SR-71? (or perhaps more accurately, the YF-12a?) Hmmmm...... Duane
orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) (06/28/90)
From: Paul Giovacchini <orac@chinet.chi.il.us> In article <1990Jun27.021129.1686@cbnews.att.com> wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) writes: >In our local paper on Saturday was a photograph (and article about) of the >Northrop YF-23, which is that company's entry in the bid for the ATF >(Advanced Technology Fighter) contract. Lockheed also has one called the >YF-22, no photograph seen YET - expect it soon. Reference: Popular Science, August 1990, p.14, top of page. Both the YF-23 and the YF-22 are pictured. ---- -Paul Giovacchini | " Think you are having a bad day? ( orac\@chinet.chi.il.us ) | I just fried 2 computers and a cat! "
twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Tony Basaranowicz) (06/29/90)
From: twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Tony Basaranowicz) orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) writes: < Stuff deleted > > Reference: Popular Science, August 1990, p.14, top of page. ^^^^^^^^^^^ How'd you manage that? With a DeLorean? :-) --------- Snail Mail -------------- Phone (Aust.) ----------- InterNet -------- Tony Basaranowicz, TA2, | BH: (03) 660 3204 | twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU Dept. of Comp. Sci., | | twb@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU Royal Melbourne Institute | | of Technology, | | 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, | | 3001, Victoria, Australia. | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) (06/30/90)
From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) In article <1990Jun29.025840.7710@cbnews.att.com> twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Tony Basaranowicz) writes: > >> Reference: Popular Science, August 1990, p.14, top of page. > >How'd you manage that? With a DeLorean? :-) the same way we already have '91 automobiles on the lots... a business/marketing major with a pen can even transcend time! /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/
orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) (06/30/90)
From: Paul Giovacchini <orac@chinet.chi.il.us> In article <1990Jun29.025840.7710@cbnews.att.com> twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Tony Basaranowicz) writes: > >From: twb@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Tony Basaranowicz) >orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) writes: >< Stuff deleted > > >> Reference: Popular Science, August 1990, p.14, top of page. > >How'd you manage that? With a DeLorean? :-) Subscription my friend! Cover story is on Sunracers ( for all those who get their mags 2 months late! ) There is also a great article about the new Seawolf class sub ( well, best they can do without looking at the actual ship. ). ---- -Paul Giovacchini | " Think you are having a bad day? ( orac\@chinet.chi.il.us ) | I just fried 2 computers and a cat! "