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falcon17
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 Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 04:07 AM
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| Will this beautiful aircraft ever take to the skies again as a show bird? |
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sprstdlyscottsmn
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Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 04:53 AM
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| nope. would cost tens of millions to make it fly again, then a couple dozen thousand per flight hour. Just isn't going to happen. And believe me, it pains me to say it. |
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tacf-x
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Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 04:55 AM
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| Not likely. I'm pretty sure the avionics and such have been stripped and it is destined to be little more than a museum attraction never to fly again. You're just as well off asking for the XB-70 to fly again or the X-32 to fly again. Also the amount of repairs needed would cost a fortune and the maintenance would also be quite expensive. |
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madrat
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Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 01:21 PM
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| The Art Bell types already believe the XB-70 is flying again... |
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southernphantom
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Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 01:40 AM
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madrat wrote:
The Art Bell types already believe the XB-70 is flying again...
Eh, Groom Lake probably has something similar but better...  |
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tacf-x
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Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 06:26 PM
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| I'll believe in the Super Valkyrie and Blackstar when I see them revealed. |
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archeman
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Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 01:05 AM
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| I also heard the control surface actuators were removed for use on JSF prototype. Flying any prototype is a tricky business I hear and doing so for romantic reasons isn't worth it. So it is a static display item, lovely though. |
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geogen
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Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 09:30 AM
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madrat wrote:
The Art Bell types already believe the XB-70 is flying again...
Let's start with an FB-22 already and then go from there. KISS.  |
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delvo
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Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 09:40 PM
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falcon17 wrote:
Will this beautiful aircraft ever take to the skies again as a show bird?
tacf-x wrote:
You're just as well off asking for... the X-32 to fly again.
But who would want to go to an airshow to see an obese pelican with a goiter? |
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Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 02:37 PM
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| the intake may be an atrocity to aesthetics, but from the rear quarter views that wing is beautiful. |
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tacf-x
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 12:55 AM
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delvo wrote:
falcon17 wrote:
Will this beautiful aircraft ever take to the skies again as a show bird?
tacf-x wrote:
You're just as well off asking for... the X-32 to fly again.
But who would want to go to an airshow to see an obese pelican with a goiter?
Vought fanatics.  They're into that whole gator mouth inlet design. |
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Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:56 AM
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Is there any chance of the YF-23 flying again?
Are you holding your breath? |
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