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Old October 6th 04, 05:22 PM
Chris Gumm
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Default Mystery plane! - New stealth fighter

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


"Todd Pattist" wrote in message
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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/imag...-37on_deck.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...-A-37_cat1.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...A-37_pilot.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...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




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Old October 6th 04, 05:49 PM
Gig Giacona
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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/imag...-37on_deck.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...-A-37_cat1.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...A-37_pilot.jpg

http://pages.cthome.net/pattist/imag...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






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Old October 6th 04, 05:55 PM
G.R. Patterson III
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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.
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Old October 6th 04, 08:28 PM
Geoffrey Barnes
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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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Old October 6th 04, 09:43 PM
Gig Giacona
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"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.


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Old October 6th 04, 11:21 PM
Jay Honeck
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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?
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Old October 6th 04, 11:57 PM
Marc J. Zeitlin
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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 :-).

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Old October 7th 04, 01:39 AM
lance smith
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"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
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Old October 7th 04, 04:16 AM
Bela P. Havasreti
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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?


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Old October 7th 04, 05:45 AM
Big John
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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?


 




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