AROuRA PROJECT
WHATS THE DEAL WITH THIS PLANE????
ANY ONE KNOW ABOUT THE B2 STELTH PLANE ALSO UNDER THE AROURA PROJECT......

Yes, the Aurora project and the Tacit Blue projects were both aimed at developing low-radar-signature (stealth) aircraft.

Is'nt the aurora project a sub-orbital hypersonic jet, apparently the fastest plane ever, ive heard it fires a continious sonic boom, imagine the power of 100 b-2's.

I'd say it's most likely a CIA Spy plane of some kind. If ou study the history of secret aircrafts/projects the CIA has alwase used one-word code names:

Plane: CIA code Name:
U-2 Aquatone
A-12 Blackbird Oxcart
D-21 Tagboard
? Aroura
See the pattern
Tim

The secret black projects designed by the MILITARY/DOD did endeed develope the "AURORA" codenamed "SKUNKWORKS" wich did fly in tandem with the "f" series jets in the gulf war,and its propulsion properties led to the "venturestar"etc:

Skunkworks=Aurora?
Actually, no. They may be involved but they have created MANY of our most high tech aircraft including the F-117(all variants) as well as the B-1 and B-2.
Off the top of my head I believe that the skunkworks is a division of Lockheed Martin. I could be wrong though, been a long day and after a few beers the memory blurs a bit

Originally posted by Fry2
Skunkworks=Aurora?
Actually, no. They may be involved but they have created MANY of our most high tech aircraft including the F-117(all variants) as well as the B-1 and B-2.
Off the top of my head I believe that the skunkworks is a division of Lockheed Martin. I could be wrong though, been a long day and after a few beers the memory blurs a bit

Yes, Skunkworks is a division of LockMart whos job is to develope high tech planes, same as Boeing's Phantom Works. Skunkworks had been working on the Venture Star. They also built the SR-71 and the U-2.

The tone on Aircraft of late is being lowered. What kind of a first posting in a Topic was that?
Anything anyone could ever wish to know about "Aurora" is in the archives, on the site - and just about every link to loopy-web pages too.
The facts begin and end with a budget entry for Aurora (Production note -not R & D) in 1985. It could have been anything from office furniture to missiles. Then one wanders into Area 51; Bob Lazar-Land, sonic booms over Belgium, remote Scottish airstrips and little green men.
Lockheed always said it was funding for its B2 competitor: sounds reasonable to me: almost 30 years on and only (often conflicting) artists' impressions.
Poor thread.

Originally posted by Estragon
The tone on Aircraft of late is being lowered. What kind of a first posting in a Topic was that?
Anything anyone could ever wish to know about "Aurora" is in the archives, on the site - and just about every link to loopy-web pages too.
The facts begin and end with a budget entry for Aurora (Production note -not R & D) in 1985. It could have been anything from office furniture to missiles. Then one wanders into Area 51; Bob Lazar-Land, sonic booms over Belgium, remote Scottish airstrips and little green men.
Lockheed always said it was funding for its B2 competitor: sounds reasonable to me: almost 30 years on and only (often conflicting) artists' impressions.
Poor thread.

The kind with truth,when someone has insight into a topic and knows the truth about co-prod/leaks it tends to surface, in odd places.

And the "truth" and "insight" would be...sigh..yawn...blah..aaarrrrgh.
And "Skunkworks" cyber-spammers was the original name for Kelly's Lockheed facility way back ( and not where it thereafter moved to) because it was near a plastics factory and distinctly malodorous at times.
Z-F had addressed this asininity elsewhere: Aircraft used to be the one pure thread.
Still a poor thread.