pretty planes

Butters, I can't say I share your interest in planes but I do have to confess that the state of the art, high tech jets always give me wood....like oak.
watch out for poison ivy ;)
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for i-man... seems this one's probably been mistaken for those good ol' saucers-in-tha-sky on more than one occasion

http://richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Oshkosh2002/Samplers/PostWw2/B2Banking11oClock.jpg

The Northrop B-2 "Spirit" stealth bomber has to be one of the most interesting aircraft on the planet. It's apparently futuristic looks are misleading, however, since it's derived from a very similar looking flying wing bomber which Northrop had in the air in 1946! The story is explained in more detailed in this page about a B-2 flying at the Frederick Airshow of 2002, together with some B-2 closeups at the same show.
page this excerpt is from is here: http://richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Oshkosh2002/Samplers/PostWw2/
 
The plane that never was. The CF-105. The only Canadian aircraft worth mentioning.

I find a certain elegance from this angle. Though when viewed head on the massive air intakes detract from its clean lines (while hinting at its mach potential).

http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/img/gallery/casm/aircraft_avroarrow_2.jpg

Ah yes, the CF105 Arrow. The US screwed Canada on that one. The Arrow was a brilliant design, there are rumors of one being hidden away. How likely is that? Pretty low, but someone did try to do it. It was so close to happening that the guy was there with a tug ready to tow it to a secure location in the middle of the night. When he pulled up in the tug, he found the nose wheel had been cut off at the bottom. It really was a national catastrophe on many levels. So many ideas that were far ahead of their time.

As for being the only Canadian aircraft worth mentioning, I have to disagree. The DeHavilland Beaver is still a pretty amazing bird that is still serving faithfully 60 years later. The Otter is somewhat less important, but there are far less of them.
 
Ah yes, the CF105 Arrow. The US screwed Canada on that one. The Arrow was a brilliant design, there are rumors of one being hidden away. How likely is that? Pretty low, but someone did try to do it. It was so close to happening that the guy was there with a tug ready to tow it to a secure location in the middle of the night. When he pulled up in the tug, he found the nose wheel had been cut off at the bottom. It really was a national catastrophe on many levels. So many ideas that were far ahead of their time.

As for being the only Canadian aircraft worth mentioning, I have to disagree. The DeHavilland Beaver is still a pretty amazing bird that is still serving faithfully 60 years later. The Otter is somewhat less important, but there are far less of them.

The Twin Otter is a super aircraft. The old Caribou was a like a Super Cub that could carry 8000#.
 
http://www.18af.amc.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/webgraphic/AFG-090415-008.jpg
North American XB-70A Valkyrie. The Valkyrie measured 185 feet in length, had a wingspan of 105 feet and an empty weight of 210,000 pounds. With a GTOW of 550,000 pounds, it was the heaviest supersonic-capable aircraft of all-time. The aircraft was powered by a six-pack of General Electric YJ93-GE-3 turbojets totaling 172,200 pounds of thrust in afterburner.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/1/7/0322713.jpg
 
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