Flight of the Valkyries, pt 2 - XB-70 24.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman]

[Ken Barnes]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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I am curious about this photo. Did part of the left verticle fin & rudder
fall off of the aircraft in flight? Was the image altered for some security
reason?, Or perhaps the photo shows a partial failure of a first generation
"cloaking" device.

Just curious why more than half of the left verticle fin is missing.

I love the shot of the B-58, and XB-70.

Ken

[Andrew Chaplin]

"Ken Barnes" > wrote in message
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> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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> I am curious about this photo. Did part of the left verticle fin & rudder
> fall off of the aircraft in flight? Was the image altered for some security
> reason?, Or perhaps the photo shows a partial failure of a first generation
> "cloaking" device.
>
> Just curious why more than half of the left verticle fin is missing.
>
> I love the shot of the B-58, and XB-70.

I think it is the result of a shadow of the right stabilizer cast on the left
in peculiar light conditions.
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[MomDude]

"Ken Barnes" > wrote:

>
>I am curious about this photo. Did part of the left verticle fin & rudder
>fall off of the aircraft in flight? Was the image altered for some security
>reason?, Or perhaps the photo shows a partial failure of a first generation
>"cloaking" device.
>
>Just curious why more than half of the left verticle fin is missing.
>
>I love the shot of the B-58, and XB-70.
>
>Ken
>

I don't think that it's missing, just covered by the shadow of the
right vertical fin. A trick of the perspective and lighting, but I
think the shadow is just the right shape from that angle and the
lighting makes the shadowed white left fin blend into the background
sky.

MomDude