XR-7 Thunderdart- Answers to Aurora?

What is the XR-7 Thunderdart and what is its use? sounds more like some Reconnisance platform. Does Republic Aviation still exist? ,well i have heard they merged with the german company Dornier. Republic used the word 'Thunder' in every one of thier aircraft.

Originally posted by Browno
What is the XR-7 Thunderdart and what is its use? sounds more like some Reconnisance platform. Does Republic Aviation still exist? ,well i have heard they merged with the german company Dornier. Republic used the word 'Thunder' in every one of thier aircraft.

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Originally posted by Browno

Originally posted by Browno
What is the XR-7 Thunderdart and what is its use? sounds more like some Reconnisance platform. Does Republic Aviation still exist? ,well i have heard they merged with the german company Dornier. Republic used the word 'Thunder' in every one of thier aircraft.

www.geocities.com...
wave.prohosting.com...://www.black-triangle.co.uk/machrihanish2.htm

the second link didn't work for me.

from the first link though, the picture is the same the the supposed SR-75 Penetrator.

I think the SR-75 & the XR-7 are one in the same...unless the SR-75 is the "mothership" and the XR-7 is its piggyback craft.

[edit on 8-11-2005 by Murcielago]

The SR-75 and XR-7 were some of Testors Corporation's more fanciful models based (loosely!) on alleged descriptions of "Aurora." They are pure fantasy!

i'm afraid shadowhawk is right, I had the model my self, big friggin' thing!

I can spell, really I can...

[edit on 9/11/2005 by GrOuNd_ZeRo]

Originally posted by Murcielago

Originally posted by Browno

Originally posted by Browno
What is the XR-7 Thunderdart and what is its use? sounds more like some Reconnisance platform. Does Republic Aviation still exist? ,well i have heard they merged with the german company Dornier. Republic used the word 'Thunder' in every one of thier aircraft.

www.geocities.com...
wave.prohosting.com...://www.black-triangle.co.uk/machrihanish2.htm

the second link didn't work for me.

from the first link though, the picture is the same the the supposed SR-75 Penetrator.

I think the SR-75 & the XR-7 are one in the same...unless the SR-75 is the "mothership" and the XR-7 is its piggyback craft.

[edit on 8-11-2005 by Murcielago]

What is the point of the SR-75 Penetrator(brilliant buzzard)? i know it is supposed to carry the XR-7 up but isnt the XR-7 capable of taking off and landing itself?, The XR-7 is supposed to be a recon plane and the SR-75 is too? what is the point? it sounds like a waste of time!

Hey! maybe the point of the SR-75, the turned up wingtips are supposed to hide the REAL secret aircraft the XR-7 so that people on the ground only see the big white thing instead of the black triangle.

Am i right?

Originally posted by Murcielago
the second link didn't work for me.

[edit on 8-11-2005 by Murcielago]

wave.prohosting.com...

www.black-triangle.co.uk...

Here, I have seperated the links so they will work now.

Tim