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3. Northrop – Tacit Blue
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This aircraft was developed to demonstrate surveillance technology in the early-mid 1980’s. The odd shape apparently reduced its visibility on radars, and it was purported to be durable enough to fly over combat lines and survive hostility. However, there were some differences of opinion. A Northrop engineer was quoted in 1996 as saying “the most unstable aircraft man has ever flown.” That doesn’t sound good. It was nicknamed the whale and retired in 1985 after 135 test flights. Oh well.
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9. Boeing – Bird of Prey
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This aircraft, first flown on September 11, 1996, took stealth technology a step further than its predecessors. It was a relatively cheap $67 million to develop but was created with no intent to produce, but rather as a demonstration of various technologies. Huh. Seems like you could do that with a plane you actually planned on building on a large scale. Whatever. I’m just a writer.
The name comes from a Klingon warship, and the novelties didn’t stop there. The plane only weighed 7,000 pounds and could only travel at 300 mph, meaning that this thing wouldn’t have lasted more than a mad minute in combat, stealth or not.
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I don't know everything, and keep an open mind. I've seen some weird stuff, but I was a kid, the Grays walked right through the walls, and my bedroom was full of ghost too. The boogie man lived under the bed, and the tooth fairy wielded a knife..............crazy times.
