Got this email from a friend with a bunch of pictures..... Very interesting, what do you think?
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6tSome cool technology !<O:P></O:P>
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One of our newest on a carrier
Check out the driver....<O:P></O:P>
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The plane in these pictures is still officially the 'Air<O:P></O:P>
Vehicle Number 1', a prototype, on board the USS George<O:P></O:P>
Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit checks. Not exactly still<O:P></O:P>
Top Secret but certainly not yet made public.<O:P></O:P>
It will be known as the F/A-37. Although specs are<O:P></O:P>
classified, it is believed to be Mach 3.5 (top speed in the<O:P></O:P>
Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth<O:P></O:P>
fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4,000nm<O:P></O:P>
range. Awesome!<O:P></O:P>
Check out the Navy test pilot in the cockpit of the<O:P></O:P>
F/A-37...LT Kara Wade<O:P></O:P>
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For the first time in over 20 some odd years, three carrier strike groups got together in formation <O:P></O:P>
for a great photo op. <O:P></O:P>
From top to bottom are the aircraft carriers, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, KITTY HAWK, and RONALD REAGAN. <O:P></O:P>
We even had Air Force planes fly-over, see the B-2 Stealth Bomber in the fifth & seventh picture down. <O:P></O:P>
The only warships not seen in the photos are the 4 nuclear powered submarines standing guard. WOW
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060618-N-8492C-276 PACIFIC OCEAN, (June 18, 2006) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (foreground), USS Kitty <O:P></O:P>
Hawk (CV 63) (middle), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and their associated carrier strike Groups steam in formation <O:P></O:P>
while 17 aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fly over them During a joint photo exercise (PHOTOEX) <O:P></O:P>
while preparing for exercise Valiant Shield 2006. <O:P></O:P>
The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in Valiant Shield 2006, the largest joint Exercise in <O:P></O:P>
recent history. Held in the <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Guam</ST1:PLACE> operating area June 19-23, the exercise includes 28 Naval vessels including three <O:P></O:P>
carrier strike groups. Nearly 300 aircraft and approximately 22,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine <O:P></O:P>
Corps, and Coast Guard are also participating in the exercise. Official U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate <O:P></O:P>
Todd P. Cichonowicz (RELEASED) <O:P></O:P>
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Now this is an AIRPLANE!!! <O:P></O:P>
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Look at this new aircraft.... <O:P></O:P>
Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry <O:P></O:P>
for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by <O:P></O:P>
Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center . The mammoth plane <O:P></O:P>
will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's 211 feet, and is designed to <O:P></O:P>
fit within the newly created terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 <O:P></O:P>
feet wide. <O:P></O:P>
The new 797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380 which has racked up 159 orders, <O:P></O:P>
but has not yet flown any passengers. Boeing decide to kill its 747X stretched super jumbo <O:P></O:P>
in 2003 after little interest was shown by airline companies, but has continued to develop <O:P></O:P>
the ultimate Airbus crusher 797 for years at its Phantom Works research facility in Long <O:P></O:P>
Beach, <ST1:STATE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Calif.</ST1:PLACE></ST1:STATE> <O:P></O:P>
The Airbus A380 has been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13 billion in <O:P></O:P>
development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage now that Airbus has committed <O:P></O:P>
to the older style tubular aircraft for decades to come. <O:P></O:P>
There are several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most important being <O:P></O:P>
the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing 50%, with overall weight <O:P></O:P>
reduced by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making <O:P></O:P>
Airbus's $13 billion dollar investment look pretty shaky. <O:P></O:P>
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High body rigidity is another key factor in blended wing aircraft, It reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the air frame which <O:P></O:P>
adds to efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range with its 1000 passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or <O:P></O:P>
654 mph (+-1046km/h) cruising speed another advantage over the Airbus tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 mph (912 km/h). <O:P></O:P>
The exact date for introduction is unclear, yet the battle lines are clearly drawn in the <O:P></O:P>
high-stakes war for civilian air supremacy.
Human Flying Jet Machine <O:P></O:P>
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Well........ believe it or not!!!!! That's the question.
Comments please...... ;)
