Re: Mystery plane! - New stealth fighter

[Chris Gumm]

What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???


"Todd Pattist" > wrote in message
...
>I thought some of you might like to see our new stealth
> fighter:
>
> The plane in these pictures is still officially Air Vehicle
> Number 1, a prototype on board the USS Washington for
> catapult fit checks. It's not exactly top secret, but
> certainly not public info. To be known as the F/A-37.
> Although specs are classified, it is believed to be a Mach
> 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
> fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4000 mile
> range. Awesome!
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37on_deck.jpg
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_cat1.jpg
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_pilot.jpg
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37catapult.jpg
>
> Look at the pictures first ;-)
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> * Hollywood Joins Abe Underway to Film 'Stealth' Release
> Date:
> 6/23/2004 1:57:00 PM By Journalist Seaman Michael Cook, USS
> Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs
>
>
> This airplane has been making the rounds for several weeks
> now, with folks being a bit confused as to whether it is the
> real deal.
>
> On 18 June 2004 a scene for the upcoming Columbia Tri-Star
> movie "Stealth" was filmed on the flight deck aboard the
> Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
> Lincoln was conducting local operations in preparation for
> an upcoming scheduled deployment after 10 months of dry
> docked Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). About 80 cast
> and crew members were aboard the Everett-based aircraft
> carrier to shoot scenes for the Columbia Pictures action
> film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Sam Shepard, The
> $130 million film is expected to hit theaters in 2005.
>
> According to the back story, the F/A-37 "Talon" is a Mach
> 3.5, super cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with a
> 4000nm range. Top speed is somewhere in the Mach 4+ range.
> The movie is premised on an artificial-intelligence program
> designed to fly jet aircraft and reduce human casualties.
> Not surprisingly, one of the AI robo-pilots runs amok when
> Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of the
> "Talon". When the plane begins attacking friendly forces,
> Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial
> intelligence.
>
> I looked up the movie "Stealth" and it looks like a July
> release next year.
> That female pilot is Jessica Biel. Sam Shepard and Jamie
> Foxx are in the movie.
>
> Debunked!
>
>
>
>
> "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and
> skill."
> Wilbur Wright

[Gig Giacona]

It's not an Air Force plane for that matter it's not even real. Read after
the spoiler dots.

"Chris Gumm" > wrote in message
...
> What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???
>
>
> "Todd Pattist" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I thought some of you might like to see our new stealth
>> fighter:
>>
>> The plane in these pictures is still officially Air Vehicle
>> Number 1, a prototype on board the USS Washington for
>> catapult fit checks. It's not exactly top secret, but
>> certainly not public info. To be known as the F/A-37.
>> Although specs are classified, it is believed to be a Mach
>> 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
>> fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4000 mile
>> range. Awesome!
>>
>> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37on_deck.jpg
>>
>> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_cat1.jpg
>>
>> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_pilot.jpg
>>
>> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37catapult.jpg
>>
>> Look at the pictures first ;-)
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>> * Hollywood Joins Abe Underway to Film 'Stealth' Release
>> Date:
>> 6/23/2004 1:57:00 PM By Journalist Seaman Michael Cook, USS
>> Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs
>>
>>
>> This airplane has been making the rounds for several weeks
>> now, with folks being a bit confused as to whether it is the
>> real deal.
>>
>> On 18 June 2004 a scene for the upcoming Columbia Tri-Star
>> movie "Stealth" was filmed on the flight deck aboard the
>> Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
>> Lincoln was conducting local operations in preparation for
>> an upcoming scheduled deployment after 10 months of dry
>> docked Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). About 80 cast
>> and crew members were aboard the Everett-based aircraft
>> carrier to shoot scenes for the Columbia Pictures action
>> film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Sam Shepard, The
>> $130 million film is expected to hit theaters in 2005.
>>
>> According to the back story, the F/A-37 "Talon" is a Mach
>> 3.5, super cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with a
>> 4000nm range. Top speed is somewhere in the Mach 4+ range.
>> The movie is premised on an artificial-intelligence program
>> designed to fly jet aircraft and reduce human casualties.
>> Not surprisingly, one of the AI robo-pilots runs amok when
>> Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of the
>> "Talon". When the plane begins attacking friendly forces,
>> Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial
>> intelligence.
>>
>> I looked up the movie "Stealth" and it looks like a July
>> release next year.
>> That female pilot is Jessica Biel. Sam Shepard and Jamie
>> Foxx are in the movie.
>>
>> Debunked!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and
>> skill."
>> Wilbur Wright
>
>
>

[G.R. Patterson III]

Chris Gumm wrote:
>
> What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???

Making a movie.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[Geoffrey Barnes]

> > What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???
>
> Making a movie.

And probably a rather bad movie, at that...


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[Gig Giacona]

"Geoffrey Barnes" > wrote in message
ink.net...
>> > What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???
>>
>> Making a movie.
>
> And probably a rather bad movie, at that...
>

I don't know why you would assume that. The Navy, and the DOD in general,
vet movies pretty well before letting them use thier stuff and I'd be
willing to bet that is a Navy CV or CVN.

You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad movie.
I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that would fall
into the really sucks column.

[Jay Honeck]

> You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad
> movie. I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that
> would fall into the really sucks column.

Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" -- undoubtedly the
best flying movie of all time?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Marc J. Zeitlin]

Jay Honeck asks:

> Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" ....

Me. The acting was pitiful, and I didn't believe any of it. Total
crap - I can't even sit through it, and I've sat through some awful
movies.

>....-- undoubtedly the best flying movie of all time?

Please. "Casablanca" was a better flying movie than "Top Gun", and
"Casablanca" was NOT a flying movie :-).

--
Marc J. Zeitlin
http://marc.zeitlin.home.comcast.net/
http://www.cozybuilders.org/
Copyright (c) 2004

[lance smith]

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message >...
> Chris Gumm wrote:
> >
> > What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???
>
> Making a movie.
>
> George Patterson
> If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
> been looking for it.


Well it's definitely not something realistic- it's not even hooked up
to the catapult! I'd pay $5 to launch a movie prop off the end of the
desk : )

-lance smith

[Bela P. Havasreti]

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:21:23 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

They lost me when Tom blurted "Going to afterburner" (or words to that
effect) and them slammed the throttle of the F-14 closed (backwards).

Don't they have *anyone* checking the footage to even remotely
resemble reality? (rhetorical question....).

Bela P. Havasreti

>> You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad
>> movie. I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that
>> would fall into the really sucks column.
>
>Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" -- undoubtedly the
>best flying movie of all time?

[Big John]

Jay

If you like fake, it's great.

Big John
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:21:23 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad
>> movie. I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that
>> would fall into the really sucks column.
>
>Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" -- undoubtedly the
>best flying movie of all time?

[Big John]

They used to launch the Skippers private car off the cat as practice
for the newbe's <G>

Big John
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On 6 Oct 2004 17:39:43 -0700, (lance smith)
wrote:

>"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message >...
>> Chris Gumm wrote:
>> >
>> > What is an Air Force plane doing on a carrier???
>>
>> Making a movie.
>>
>> George Patterson
>> If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
>> been looking for it.
>
>
>Well it's definitely not something realistic- it's not even hooked up
>to the catapult! I'd pay $5 to launch a movie prop off the end of the
>desk : )
>
>-lance smith

[Bob Moore]

"Jay Honeck" wrote

> Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" --
> undoubtedly the best flying movie of all time?

From a former Naval Aviator (1958-1967), Top Gun "sucked"!
Hmmm....maybe I served in a different Navy....

Bob Moore

[Rick Durden]

Jay,

> Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" -- undoubtedly the
> best flying movie of all time?

I assume you are asking that question heavily tongue-in-cheek <g>. I
admire the movie, largely because one of my aviation heroes, Art
Scholl, was killed filming it. It's a wonderful propaganda and
recruiting piece and I know of several current pilots who decided to
become pilots after watching it. The acting is weak and the technical
work is awful.

If you want a good flying movie, go find a copy of "633 Squadron",
which is technically the most accurate flying movie ever made (plot is
a little shakey, although it's based on fact), the uniforms, vehicles
and aircraft are 100% accurate (according to folks who know that sort
of thing) and the scenes of the Merlin powered D.H. Mosquitoes flying
are excellent. The only downside is that they destroyed a Mossie
filming the movie. Another flying movie that is better than "Top Gun"
is "Battle of Britain" which has some extraordinary flight sequences
using WWII aircraft (even though all the German airplanes have Merlin
engines by the time they filmed it, about 1968).

Warmest regards,
Rick

[bryan chaisone]

Big John > wrote in message >...
> Jay
>
> If you like fake, it's great.
>

Although I noticed a few 'glitches', I still liked "Top Gun". I
really liked the flying in the original "The Saint"? No, that's not
the name. You guys know that soaring scene where the art thief flies
the glider around, did a little aerobatics and lands in the field?
What was the name of that movie? They remade it with the James Bond
guy. Brosnan, I think is his name. Boy I can't remember anything
today. Only 38 and my mind is gone.

Bryan

[Geoffrey Barnes]

> I don't know why you would assume that. The Navy, and the DOD in general,
> vet movies pretty well before letting them use thier stuff and I'd be
> willing to bet that is a Navy CV or CVN.
>
> You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad
movie.
> I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that would fall
> into the really sucks column.

At last, I have found it! Proof positive that you can't say ANYTHING in
this newsgroup, not matter how innocuous, no matter how tongue-in-cheek, and
not gather at least one indignantly negative response.

Thanks, Gig... I really needed this last bit of proof before I published my
dissertation ("Flame Wars and Hypersensitive Aviators: An Analysis of
Dispute in Rec.Aviation.Piloting"), and you have given it to me! With any
luck, I can get this to the committee today and get hooded at the December
graduation. Wooo-hooo!


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[Larry Dighera]

On 7 Oct 2004 06:21:28 -0700, (Rick Durden)
wrote in >::

>I admire the movie, largely because one of my aviation heroes, Art
>Scholl, was killed filming it.

I too am an admirer of Art Scholl's exhibition flying. I saw him
climb out on the wing of his Super Chipmunk and wave at the stands as
it made a low pass in front of the crowd at the '71 Reno Air Races
with an empty cockpit. This occurred subsequent to an inverted ribbon
cut at about 10' altitude AGL! He was an awesome performer.

I was unaware that his last flight occurred during the filming of Top
Gun. Is anyone able to provide any details on the circumstances?
NTSB report?

[Jay Honeck]

> If you like fake, it's great.

Of course it's not 100% accurate -- it's Hollywood.

(What, you mean you never flew canopy-to-canopy with the enemy while giving
them "the bird", Big John?? :-)

But what makes the movie great is:

a) Lots of flying, afterburner flame and thunder (on a home theater, it's
awesome)
b) Enough of a love story to keep the women interested.

It's a movie that women and men can both watch -- even though it's mostly a
movie about the F-14.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[G.R. Patterson III]

Gig Giacona wrote:
>
> I don't know why you would assume that. The Navy, and the DOD in general,
> vet movies pretty well before letting them use thier stuff and I'd be
> willing to bet that is a Navy CV or CVN.

According to Todd's post, it's the Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[Corky Scott]

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:20:57 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote:

>I was unaware that his last flight occurred during the filming of Top
>Gun. Is anyone able to provide any details on the circumstances?
>NTSB report?

He had modified his Pitt's to mount a video camera behind the cockpit
to film the sea spinning for that sequence in the film. Apparently
the camera put the center of gravity far enough to the rear that once
he got into a spin, the airplane became unrecoverable. He kept trying
to get it out of the spin all the way down. He radioed several times
that he had a problem.

Don't know if he was wearing a chute.

Corky Scott

[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:17:39 -0400, Corky Scott
> wrote in
>::

>On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:20:57 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote:
>
>>I was unaware that his last flight occurred during the filming of Top
>>Gun. Is anyone able to provide any details on the circumstances?
>>NTSB report?
>
>He had modified his Pitt's to mount a video camera behind the cockpit
>to film the sea spinning for that sequence in the film. Apparently
>the camera put the center of gravity far enough to the rear that once
>he got into a spin, the airplane became unrecoverable. He kept trying
>to get it out of the spin all the way down. He radioed several times
>that he had a problem.
>
>Don't know if he was wearing a chute.
>
>Corky Scott



Thank you for the information.

That is a truly heart rending story. It's hard to believe that such
could happen to so skilled an aerobatic performer. However, with such
a short little airplane, I would expect keeping the CG within the
envelope to be problematic.

Once again aviation proves just how unforgiving it can be even for a
skilled and talented airman.

More here:
http://www.artscholl.com/FinalFlight.htm (September 16, 1985.)
http://www.artscholl.com/Art%20&%20Harold.htm
http://www.artschollaviation.com/asa/index.php

[Darkwing Duck \(Infidel\)]

"Big John" > wrote in message
...
>
> They used to launch the Skippers private car off the cat as practice
> for the newbe's <G>
>
> Big John
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Like this!

http://www.thejump.net/humor/catch-and-release.htm

[Big John]

Bob

Thank you.

Big John, VF-23
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:49:41 GMT, Bob Moore >
wrote:

>"Jay Honeck" wrote
>
>> Does *anyone* on a piloting newsgroup NOT like "Top Gun" --
>> undoubtedly the best flying movie of all time?
>
>From a former Naval Aviator (1958-1967), Top Gun "sucked"!
>Hmmm....maybe I served in a different Navy....
>
>Bob Moore

[Tom S.]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:hyc9d.349380$Fg5.93046@attbi_s53...
> > If you like fake, it's great.
>
> Of course it's not 100% accurate -- it's Hollywood.
>
> (What, you mean you never flew canopy-to-canopy with the enemy while
giving
> them "the bird", Big John?? :-)
>
> But what makes the movie great is:
>
> a) Lots of flying, afterburner flame and thunder (on a home theater, it's
> awesome)
> b) Enough of a love story to keep the women interested.
>
> It's a movie that women and men can both watch -- even though it's mostly
a
> movie about the F-14.

And my buddy's kid who did four years on the USS Carl Vinson cringes then
goes ballistic at the mere mention of the movie. :~)

[Gig Giacona]

"Geoffrey Barnes" > wrote in message
link.net...
>> I don't know why you would assume that. The Navy, and the DOD in general,
>> vet movies pretty well before letting them use thier stuff and I'd be
>> willing to bet that is a Navy CV or CVN.
>>
>> You may or may not have liked "Top Gun" but I wouldn't call it a bad
> movie.
>> I can't think of a DOD supported film in the last 10 years that would
>> fall
>> into the really sucks column.
>
> At last, I have found it! Proof positive that you can't say ANYTHING in
> this newsgroup, not matter how innocuous, no matter how tongue-in-cheek,
> and
> not gather at least one indignantly negative response.
>
> Thanks, Gig... I really needed this last bit of proof before I published
> my
> dissertation ("Flame Wars and Hypersensitive Aviators: An Analysis of
> Dispute in Rec.Aviation.Piloting"), and you have given it to me! With any
> luck, I can get this to the committee today and get hooded at the December
> graduation. Wooo-hooo!
>
>

I would hardly call my response a flame or in any way hypersensitive and I
would defeinatly not call it an indignantly negative response.

But please feel free to use your response to defend your disertation. I'm
sure you'll look good in the cap.

[Capt.Doug]

>"Jay Honeck" wrote in message " -- undoubtedly the
> best flying movie of all time?

The Great Waldo Pepper!

D.

[Capt.Doug]

>"Jay Honeck" wrote in message " -- undoubtedly the
> best flying movie of all time?

The Great Waldo Pepper!

D.

[David CL Francis]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 at 06:21:28 in message
>, Rick Durden
> wrote:
>If you want a good flying movie, go find a copy of "633 Squadron",
>which is technically the most accurate flying movie ever made (plot is
>a little shakey, although it's based on fact), the uniforms, vehicles
>and aircraft are 100% accurate (according to folks who know that sort
>of thing) and the scenes of the Merlin powered D.H. Mosquitoes flying
>are excellent. The only downside is that they destroyed a Mossie
>filming the movie. Another flying movie that is better than "Top Gun"
>is "Battle of Britain" which has some extraordinary flight sequences
>using WWII aircraft (even though all the German airplanes have Merlin
>engines by the time they filmed it, about 1968).

The German 109s were the Spanish version and the Spanish loaned quite a
hunk of their Air Force for it!

I agree about ' Battle of Britain' I just watched it again and it is
good. Some of the crash sequences looked faked because they _are_, when
the rest of the some flight looks real.

As I recall 'Catch 22' had some good flying in it as well - I believe 19
real B25s were flown in that.
--
David CL Francis

[David CL Francis]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 at 06:21:28 in message
>, Rick Durden
> wrote:
>If you want a good flying movie, go find a copy of "633 Squadron",
>which is technically the most accurate flying movie ever made (plot is
>a little shakey, although it's based on fact), the uniforms, vehicles
>and aircraft are 100% accurate (according to folks who know that sort
>of thing) and the scenes of the Merlin powered D.H. Mosquitoes flying
>are excellent. The only downside is that they destroyed a Mossie
>filming the movie. Another flying movie that is better than "Top Gun"
>is "Battle of Britain" which has some extraordinary flight sequences
>using WWII aircraft (even though all the German airplanes have Merlin
>engines by the time they filmed it, about 1968).

The German 109s were the Spanish version and the Spanish loaned quite a
hunk of their Air Force for it!

I agree about ' Battle of Britain' I just watched it again and it is
good. Some of the crash sequences looked faked because they _are_, when
the rest of the some flight looks real.

As I recall 'Catch 22' had some good flying in it as well - I believe 19
real B25s were flown in that.
--
David CL Francis

[Nirodh]

By the way the plane design is heavily borrowed from a Northrop patent. It
was given the name of switchblade by Internet people when patent appeared
back in 1995 as far as I remember, and there are plenty of digital mockups
of it around.

Todd Pattist wrote:

> I thought some of you might like to see our new stealth
> fighter:
>
> The plane in these pictures is still officially Air Vehicle
> Number 1, a prototype on board the USS Washington for
> catapult fit checks. It's not exactly top secret, but
> certainly not public info. To be known as the F/A-37.
> Although specs are classified, it is believed to be a Mach
> 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
> fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4000 mile
> range. Awesome!
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37on_deck.jpg
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_cat1.jpg
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_pilot.jpg
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37catapult.jpg
>
> Look at the pictures first ;-)
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> * Hollywood Joins Abe Underway to Film 'Stealth' Release
> Date:
> 6/23/2004 1:57:00 PM By Journalist Seaman Michael Cook, USS
> Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs
>
>
> This airplane has been making the rounds for several weeks
> now, with folks being a bit confused as to whether it is the
> real deal.
>
> On 18 June 2004 a scene for the upcoming Columbia Tri-Star
> movie "Stealth" was filmed on the flight deck aboard the
> Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
> Lincoln was conducting local operations in preparation for
> an upcoming scheduled deployment after 10 months of dry
> docked Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). About 80 cast
> and crew members were aboard the Everett-based aircraft
> carrier to shoot scenes for the Columbia Pictures action
> film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Sam Shepard, The
> $130 million film is expected to hit theaters in 2005.
>
> According to the back story, the F/A-37 "Talon" is a Mach
> 3.5, super cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with a
> 4000nm range. Top speed is somewhere in the Mach 4+ range.
> The movie is premised on an artificial-intelligence program
> designed to fly jet aircraft and reduce human casualties.
> Not surprisingly, one of the AI robo-pilots runs amok when
> Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of the
> ?Talon?. When the plane begins attacking friendly forces,
> Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial
> intelligence.
>
> I looked up the movie "Stealth" and it looks like a July
> release next year.
> That female pilot is Jessica Biel. Sam Shepard and Jamie
> Foxx are in the movie.
>
> Debunked!
>
>
>
>
> "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and
> skill." Wilbur Wright

[Nirodh]

By the way the plane design is heavily borrowed from a Northrop patent. It
was given the name of switchblade by Internet people when patent appeared
back in 1995 as far as I remember, and there are plenty of digital mockups
of it around.

Todd Pattist wrote:

> I thought some of you might like to see our new stealth
> fighter:
>
> The plane in these pictures is still officially Air Vehicle
> Number 1, a prototype on board the USS Washington for
> catapult fit checks. It's not exactly top secret, but
> certainly not public info. To be known as the F/A-37.
> Although specs are classified, it is believed to be a Mach
> 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
> fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4000 mile
> range. Awesome!
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37on_deck.jpg
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_cat1.jpg
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37_pilot.jpg
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> http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/images/F-A-37/F-A-37catapult.jpg
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> Look at the pictures first ;-)
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> * Hollywood Joins Abe Underway to Film 'Stealth' Release
> Date:
> 6/23/2004 1:57:00 PM By Journalist Seaman Michael Cook, USS
> Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs
>
>
> This airplane has been making the rounds for several weeks
> now, with folks being a bit confused as to whether it is the
> real deal.
>
> On 18 June 2004 a scene for the upcoming Columbia Tri-Star
> movie "Stealth" was filmed on the flight deck aboard the
> Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
> Lincoln was conducting local operations in preparation for
> an upcoming scheduled deployment after 10 months of dry
> docked Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). About 80 cast
> and crew members were aboard the Everett-based aircraft
> carrier to shoot scenes for the Columbia Pictures action
> film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Sam Shepard, The
> $130 million film is expected to hit theaters in 2005.
>
> According to the back story, the F/A-37 "Talon" is a Mach
> 3.5, super cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with a
> 4000nm range. Top speed is somewhere in the Mach 4+ range.
> The movie is premised on an artificial-intelligence program
> designed to fly jet aircraft and reduce human casualties.
> Not surprisingly, one of the AI robo-pilots runs amok when
> Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of the
> ?Talon?. When the plane begins attacking friendly forces,
> Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial
> intelligence.
>
> I looked up the movie "Stealth" and it looks like a July
> release next year.
> That female pilot is Jessica Biel. Sam Shepard and Jamie
> Foxx are in the movie.
>
> Debunked!
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> "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and
> skill." Wilbur Wright

[Marco Grubert]

> I
> really liked the flying in the original "The Saint"? No, that's not
> the name. You guys know that soaring scene where the art thief flies
> the glider around, did a little aerobatics and lands in the field?
> What was the name of that movie? They remade it with the James Bond
> guy. Brosnan, I think is his name. Boy I can't remember anything
> today. Only 38 and my mind is gone.

The Thomas Crown Affair remake from 1999...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/

[Marco Grubert]

> I
> really liked the flying in the original "The Saint"? No, that's not
> the name. You guys know that soaring scene where the art thief flies
> the glider around, did a little aerobatics and lands in the field?
> What was the name of that movie? They remade it with the James Bond
> guy. Brosnan, I think is his name. Boy I can't remember anything
> today. Only 38 and my mind is gone.

The Thomas Crown Affair remake from 1999...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/

[W P Dixon]

Roger Moore played The Saint

Patrick
"Marco Grubert" > wrote in message
om...
> > I
> > really liked the flying in the original "The Saint"? No, that's not
> > the name. You guys know that soaring scene where the art thief flies
> > the glider around, did a little aerobatics and lands in the field?
> > What was the name of that movie? They remade it with the James Bond
> > guy. Brosnan, I think is his name. Boy I can't remember anything
> > today. Only 38 and my mind is gone.
>
> The Thomas Crown Affair remake from 1999...
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/

[W P Dixon]

Roger Moore played The Saint

Patrick
"Marco Grubert" > wrote in message
om...
> > I
> > really liked the flying in the original "The Saint"? No, that's not
> > the name. You guys know that soaring scene where the art thief flies
> > the glider around, did a little aerobatics and lands in the field?
> > What was the name of that movie? They remade it with the James Bond
> > guy. Brosnan, I think is his name. Boy I can't remember anything
> > today. Only 38 and my mind is gone.
>
> The Thomas Crown Affair remake from 1999...
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/

[Ron Natalie]

W P Dixon wrote:
> Roger Moore played The Saint
>
Vincent Price played The Saint if you go back to the radio days.