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One of the US navy newest aircraft on a carrier
the plane in these pictures is still officially the 'Air
Vehicle Number 1', a prototype, on board the USS George
Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit checks. Not exactly still
Top Secret but certainly not yet made public.
It will be known as the F/A-37. Although specs are
classified, it is believed to be Mach 3.5 (top speed in the
Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
fighter/ bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4,000nm
Check out the Navy test pilot in the cockpit of the
F/A-37... 1st LT Kara Wade, a Vietnamese American !!
1st Lieutenant Kara Wade, is the first female Vietnamese American US navy jet Pilot .
For the first time in over 20 some odd years, three carrier strike groups
got together in formation for a great photo op.
>From top to bottom are the aircraft carriers,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, KITTY HAWK, and RONALD REAGAN.
We even had Air Force planes fly-over, see the B-2 Stealth Bomber in the fifth & seventh picture down.
The only warships not seen in the photos are the 4 nuclear powered submarines standing guard. WOW
PACIFIC
OCEAN, (June 18, 2006) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (foreground), USS
Kitty Hawk (CV 63) (middle), USS Abraham Lincoln &n bsp;(CVN 72) and
their associated carrier strike Gr oups steam in formation while 17
aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fly over
them During a joint photo exercise (PHOTOEX) while preparing for exercise Valiant Shield 2006.
The
Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in Valiant
Shield 2006, the largest joint Exercise in recent history.
Held in the Guam operating area June 19-23, the exercise includes 28 Naval vessels including three carrier strike groups.
Nearly
300 aircraft and approximately 22,000 service members from the Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are also participating
OfficialU.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer Mate Todd P.
Now this is an AIRPLANE!!!
Look at this new aircraft...
Boeing
is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel
industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has
been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research
Center . The mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared
to the 747's 211 feet, and is designed to fit within the newly created
terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.
The
new 797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380 which has racked up
159 orders, but has not yet flown any passengers. Boeing decide to kill
its 747X stretched super jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown
by air line companies, but has continued to develop the ultimate Airbus
crusher 797 for years at its Phantom Works research facility in Long
Beach, Calif.
The
Airbus A380 has been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13
billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage now
thatAirbus has committed to the older style tubular aircraft for decades
to come.
There
are several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most
important being the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by
an amazing 50%, with overall weight reduced by 25%, making it an
estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making Airbus's $13
billion dollar investment look pretty shaky.
High
body rigidity is another key factor in blended wing aircraft. It
reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the air frame which adds
to efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range
with its 1000 passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or 654 mph
(+-1046km/h) cruising speed, another advantage over the Airbus
tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 mph (912 km/h).
The
exact date for introduction is unclear, yet the battle lines are
clearly drawn in the high-stakes war for civilian air supremacy .
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