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Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby TacitBlue » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:47 pm

This may be old news, have you guys heard of the Boeing bird of prey? you should see pictures of it, it looks like something from a sci-fi movie.

P.S. heres a link to some pictures -- http://www.aerofiles.com/boe-bird.jpg
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby Nexus » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:50 pm

Have heard the name mentioned a few times.
Un-manned military aircraft, no?
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby Boss_BlueAngels » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:53 pm

Yeah, it sure is a pretty sweet lookin little UAV.  And just think, the only reason we know about it now is because its technology is "old." lol  
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby TacitBlue » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:03 am

Actually, I just read on the Boeing website that it wasnt a UAV.

When you look at that thing, its hard to believe its from the same company that brought us the 7x7 lines.
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby Mobius » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:22 pm

You can see a cockpit in the pictures and a pilot flying it in the bottom one (or just along for the ride ;D).
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby Jared » Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:12 pm

Sweet looking areoplane! :-)
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby beaky » Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:01 pm

Yeah, it's different... I'll bet there are plans for  manned and unmanned variants . Wonder what it can carry? It's pretty small...
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Re: Boeing Bird of Prey

Postby TacitBlue » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:43 pm

I think it was just a demonstrator, what it demonstrated, I dont know.
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