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My brother emailed me these pictures of a new Navy fighter on board the USS Abraham Lincoln for sea qualifications on the date of June 18, 2004.  Does anyone know what it is, I'm guessing it's a Northrop product???

That thing looks weird... best guess for the maker: Northrop (looks like a morphed YF-23)

See it in the movies...


http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mili ... rfilm.html

If it is a fake, its a v.good one. If not then that is one weird looking plane....

Ozzy

It has forward swinging swingwings! I thought that only the russians were working on anything like this

Very clever piece of design work. Am I the only one to see the resemblance to a big bird in shot #2?

Very clever piece of design work. Am I the only one to see the resemblance to a big bird in shot #2?

It's not YELLOW!

It's not YELLOW!

I assume you've been peeking at my pretty little yellow birds in the Photos forum.

This one looks better all black grey & menacing - like a bird of prey. Hmmm. Wrong film. Isn't that something to do with Star Trek?

Navy fighter on board the USS Abraham Lincoln

I heard it was on the Enterprise

Anybody know what the movie is called?

Regards,
Stratobat

I heard it was on the Enterprise

Anybody know what the movie is called?

Regards,
Stratobat

You chaps disappoint me at times. Did you not check Felix's link?

EVERETT, Wash. - It was a different kind of shooting for the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Instead of guns being fired, cameras were rolling for the movie "Stealth."

[url]http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040624-0717-carrierfilm.html
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I assume you've been peeking at my pretty little yellow birds in the Photos forum.

The reference is to "Big Bird" of "Sesame Street", the US children's television show.

This one looks better all black grey & menacing - like a bird of prey. Hmmm. Wrong film. Isn't that something to do with Star Trek?

Looking at the article, it appears to be similar to "Firefox" wherein the "Mig31" is the secret plane

Keep an eye out for the movie "Stealth" to see this jet in action.  I wouldn't mind having a jet like this for FS9!!

You chaps disappoint me at times. Did you not check Felix's link?

Hehe... oops... sorry

Regards,
Stratobat

Hhhmmm. a navy stealth jet with forward swingers. sounds russian. i know that the original design for the Sukhoi-47 Burkut was to have these wings, and apparently the next version of the Sukhoi-47, the Sukhoi-49, will have these type of wings. only by then Russia will be so poor that they wont be able to buy any. Anyway. hhmmm. yeh, good design, very efficient, but what's the point? The Navy will soon have the F-35, so what is the point of it? Oh, yeh. USA. I forgot that.
Akula_dude

I wouldn't mind having a jet like this for FS9!!

I'll see what I can do!  ;)