Bird of Prey
Joined: Jul 2001
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From: La Crescenta, CA
One of my better clients, in Valencia, is a major airframe component manufacturer in the F22 Raptor program. I was visiting him two weeks ago and I asked "Got any F22 stuff going on here?" He points over my shoulder and replies " There are five aft fuselages."
Joined: May 2001
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From: Nowhere
Did you take one as a souvenir, Raptor? 
dhess - I'm pretty sure that you are correct. The SU-35 was a derivative of the SU-27. I stand corrected. I was thinking of the MiG 31 when I posted, which is nothing more than a Russian F-15 Eagle in appearance.
dhess - I'm pretty sure that you are correct. The SU-35 was a derivative of the SU-27. I stand corrected. I was thinking of the MiG 31 when I posted, which is nothing more than a Russian F-15 Eagle in appearance.
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Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Arlington, VA
Originally posted by dhess
That is one weird looking plane.
How the hell does it get lift without hardly any wing surface?
It looks like it would be seriously unstable at lower speeds.
That is one weird looking plane.
How the hell does it get lift without hardly any wing surface?
It looks like it would be seriously unstable at lower speeds.
"The airplane was made from a small number of carbon fiber composite parts, and