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to: UWE WOLFRAM
from: DWIGHT KOSLOWSKI
date: 1997-08-25 11:36:00
subject: Dayton (Whale)

*** Quoting Uwe Wolfram to Dwight Koslowski dated 08-21-97 ***
> DK> Saw the "whale"...It looks like a bus with wings.  Air intakes on 
> top.
> DK> rear wings look like an F-22.  Rather unusual aircraft.
> 
> Strange, never heard of that one... nowhere!
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Here's a little more on it:  TACIT BLUE:  2 Garrett high bypass turbofans, 
subsonic, Wingspan 48 ft 2 in  Weight 30,000 pounds  Length 55ft 1 in.  Crew 
of 1  Height 10 ft 7 in
"The TACIT BLUE" aircraft was built to test the advances in stealth 
technology.  The USAF, the Defense Advanced Reasarch Projects Agency, and 
Northrop Corporation worked together from 1978 to 1985 to demonstrate that 
curved surfaces on an aircraft result in a low radar return signal from 
ground radar.  The aircraft made its first flight in February, 1982 and by 
the conclusion of the program in 1985, had flown 135 times.  The aircraft was 
placed on display in the Modern Flight Hanger of the Museum in May 1996."
--- T.A.G. 2.7c Standard
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