Iranian fighter jets......just call them manned target drones.....

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I'm too lazy to dig out my FAA guidance on runway markings, but the plane seems to be quite a bit shorter than the centerline marking.

Perhaps their approach to stealth is to have very tiny airplanes that are difficult to see on radar. The pilots are probably just trained hamsters.

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The curvature on the wing is that of a sub 200 mph aircraft, the air intakes are 1/2 the size they would have to be, and it poo to look at.

Now some odd looking stuff which does work/fly.

The Most Unique Planes on the Planet: Celebrities

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Scaled Composites: SpaceShipOne
http://www.scaled.com/images/uploads...ght_banner.jpg

Scaled Composites 151 ARES
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contri...nhard/4825.jpg

Scaled Composites and Northrop Grumman's new Firebird spy plane: pilot optional
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....rebird-uav.jpg

Photos: Scaled Composites 271 V-Jet II Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
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On the Scaled Composites website they say on average one of these projects come out the door a year. Incredible, I haven't seen half of them before I did the Google search.

scaled composites - Google Search

Another fantasy craft.

Full Scale Proteus Mock-up
http://www.cloudster.com/sets&vehicl...proteus32a.jpg

Proteus - Fantastic Voyage
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl...proteus36a.jpg

Proteus Mock-up Exteriors
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl.../proteus38.jpg
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl.../proteus07.jpg

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336 Skymaster - Around the hanger, this particular engine configuration on an aircraft was often referred to (jokingly of course) as the "suck me - blow me" - back in the day.

Cheers
JB

That second one has retracts - it's a 337.

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that was my favorite plane growing up, maybe still is....cool

Z car show in Orange CA.



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