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Postby jetprop » Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:04 am

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Edwards AFB.
It is named in memory of U.S. Air Force test pilot Glen Edwards who died while testing the YB-49 Flying Wing.
this picture was taken by a NASA F/A 18 hornet while doing research on high angles of attack.
made in fsx.

sorry that i dont say much on the forum but i am not realy a talker. :-[
but great shots everyone else and i wish you all best of luck in this contest.
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Re: NASA

Postby todayshorse » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:57 pm

Hey man dont worry  :) Like the shot, what happened to Glen Edwards?

Good luck :)
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Re: NASA

Postby jetprop » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:47 am

he died while testing the flying wing,i think it crashed.
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Re: NASA

Postby Club508 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:31 am

Nice shot!  is that a dry lake bed? 

Poor guy.  mechanical error or human error?
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Re: NASA

Postby USAF_Firefighter » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:59 am

I think it was more of a design flaw with the aircraft that caused it to crash.
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Re: NASA

Postby CHUCK79 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:24 am

I think it was more of a design flaw with the aircraft that caused it to crash.


Don't quote me.......But, I think he entered the flying wing into a stall and could not recover due to the aircraft's then strange design and lack of computer management systems:-/
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Re: NASA

Postby Hagar » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:47 am

I think it was more of a design flaw with the aircraft that caused it to crash.


Don't quote me.......But, I think he entered the flying wing into a stall and could not recover due to the aircraft's then strange design and lack of computer management systems:-/

Glen Edwards was co-pilot on his last flight. Full story here --> http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/diaries.html
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Re: NASA

Postby CHUCK79 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:01 pm

I think it was more of a design flaw with the aircraft that caused it to crash.


Don't quote me.......But, I think he entered the flying wing into a stall and could not recover due to the aircraft's then strange design and lack of computer management systems:-/

Glen Edwards was co-pilot on his last flight. Full story here --> http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/diaries.html


Thanks for the link Doug 8-)
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Re: NASA

Postby jetprop » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:05 pm

thanks for the comments people. :)

is that a dry lake bed?

yes,it is Rogers Dry Lake,actualy it counts as a landmark so i have two in one. 8-)
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Re: NASA

Postby Club508 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:14 pm

thanks for the comments people. :)

is that a dry lake bed?

yes,it is Rogers Dry Lake,actualy it counts as a landmark so i have two in one. 8-)

Cool!
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Re: NASA

Postby todayshorse » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:04 pm

Interesting stuff on Glen Edwards. I never knew thats where the name came from. Thankyou :)
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Re: NASA

Postby hyperpep111 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:18 am

Edwards itself is a landmark with the loooong runway. and then you have  Rogers Dry Lake  8-). Awesome
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Re: NASA

Postby patchz » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:59 am

Very nice. Good luck in the contest. :)
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Re: NASA

Postby patchz » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:06 am

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If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.
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