B-2 Crash Guam February 2008

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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and flaps
that allow it to fly.
the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were very
unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.

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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and
flaps
that allow it to fly.


Please tell me that English is not your primary language.


the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were
very
unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.


Yeah, thanks for that.


Regards, PLMerite


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"I flew the 109 almost 2,000 times. For me, there's nothing better, and of
course, there's always this rivalry between the 109 and the Spitfire. And I
am often asked: which plane I think is better. I tell them I shot down 10
Spitfires, and that's my answer."
- Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob JG 54, JG 51, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44

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Story and more photos:


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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and
flaps
that allow it to fly.


Please tell me that English is not your primary language.


the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were
very
unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.


Yeah, thanks for that.


Regards, PLMerite


now that is a very cool picture






--

"I flew the 109 almost 2,000 times. For me, there's nothing better, and
of
course, there's always this rivalry between the 109 and the Spitfire. And
I
am often asked: which plane I think is better. I tell them I shot down 10
Spitfires, and that's my answer."
- Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob JG 54, JG 51, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44


there is a mythology that has grown up around the spitfire.
but the planes were basically equals and neutral observers generally give
the 109 ther nod for a tighter turning radius.

the Battle of Britain was on TV this last saturday. its a great ovie and no
CGI will ever beat having real planes.

i saw it when it came out at the music hall{now the wang center} on one of
those giant widescreen. nothing like it.

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now that is a very cool picture


Yes, I think it's neat. The photographer had to be on his/her toes to get
that one.

Here's the one I was originally looking for, tying in the B-49 and the B-2.



Regards, PLMerite

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Story and more photos:


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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and
flaps that allow it to fly.
the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were
very unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.

$2.25 billion, that's a bit of a high estimate.

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news

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now that is a very cool picture


Yes, I think it's neat. The photographer had to be on his/her toes to get
that one.

Here's the one I was originally looking for, tying in the B-49 and the
B-2.



Regards, PLMerite


cute,
but it should have been reversed a B-2 casting the shadow of its forbear.

one of the things i liked about the original war of the worlds{the gene
barry one} was the bit with the flying wing attacking the martians

the B-1b and the B-2 are two of the coolest looking planes ever
the B-1b is just flat out beautiful. and watching a B-2 fly over always gets
everybody pointing up and yelling "look!"

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"Raymond O'Hara" wrote:


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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and flaps
that allow it to fly.
the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were very
unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.




You are SO ignorant you don't know the difference between stealth and
fly-by-wire. Stealth means low observability, including radar and visual.
What you're talking about is the inherent instability of many of today's
best fighter aircraft; without fly-by-wire, they would not be able to do the
maneuvers you see FA-18s, F-22s, and various Russian MIGs and Sukhois do.

Next time, try getting your act together before you show people how stupid
you are.
--
Brian Ehni

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Wow, I'm very surprised to see that there was that much of the aircraft
intact after the crash. I would have expected to see pieces the size of
small suitcases, and an engine or wheel here and there.
--
Jim in NC

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On 7/15/08 3:16 PM, in article ,
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B2s are cost more than their weight in gold is worth."stealth technology"
mostly consists of advanced avionics that manage control surfaces and
flaps
that allow it to fly.
the reason the original flying wings were scraped was because they were
very
unstable and they didn't have the computers to fix that.




You are SO ignorant you don't know the difference between stealth and
fly-by-wire. Stealth means low observability, including radar and visual.
What you're talking about is the inherent instability of many of today's
best fighter aircraft; without fly-by-wire, they would not be able to do
the
maneuvers you see FA-18s, F-22s, and various Russian MIGs and Sukhois do.

Next time, try getting your act together before you show people how stupid
you are.
--
Brian Ehni



no you are a fool.
the special "stealth technonolgy" that made the B-2 flyable and which is
what makes it flyable is the fly by wire avionics{mass computers}
without that then the plne would have been as useless as old B-49.

when they tallk about the high cost of the "strealth technology" it that
is what they mean.

it's easy to see why we are in such a mess, you wingnuts are as soft as a
sneaker full of ****.