This post is OT but Gazrok is the bumb master

What exactly is a "bumb" and why am I their master? can't tell if it's a compliment or an insult, but if I'm their master, I'm going to put those little bumbs to work!

The dark rectangular item in the upper left of the photo looks like a blast fence common at most Air Force bases. When maintnenace personnel ran up jet engines to calibate instruments, the back end of an aircraft would point toward the fence. It has a segmented beveled arrangement and deflects the jet engine blast upward. These were commonly used during the 60's and even into the 80's and were usually located some distance away from the hangers. Now days, aircraft are towed to a "hush house" where water is sprayed toward the aft end of the jet blast thus quieting down the noise. The point is: The craft could be landing (or hovering) on a remote concrete pad some distance away from the flightline.

Originally posted by Gazrok

Gazrok, if i'm correct, the video comes from a documentary, which title was ????.
Its duration is 50/55 mins: we have to find it.



[edit on 28/2/2009 by internos]

A second look at the clip and it seems like I am looking at an object that is in front of a large building, the craft's shadow being cast against the wall. The entire background is the side of a hanger.

The film is so poor that for all I know I could be looking at a model floating in front of a projected photographic background. If you look at it carefully though the "pilot" seems to be bouncing around a bit, independently of the craft.

Another thing that might be worth pointing out is that if this craft is a real test vehicle it appears to be quite a bit higher off the ground than the
Avrocar footage I've seen.

Still confused as to what the black triangle thingy that disappears on the left is though.