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It did not follow a straight or even sem-straight path to where ever it was going though. It made u-turns and curves which I thought was strange. I was hopeing someone could tell me why it would make all those strange turns.
Originally posted by American Mad Man
It did not follow a straight or even sem-straight path to where ever it was going though. It made u-turns and curves which I thought was strange. I was hopeing someone could tell me why it would make all those strange turns.
Stealth bombers use flight paths to avoid radar to enhance their stealth. Thus if it was a training mission, the aircrafts autopilot wouldn't take it in a straight path, but a make believe one to avoid radar.
Originally posted by American Mad Man
It did not follow a straight or even sem-straight path to where ever it was going though. It made u-turns and curves which I thought was strange. I was hopeing someone could tell me why it would make all those strange turns.
Stealth bombers use flight paths to avoid radar to enhance their stealth. Thus if it was a training mission, the aircrafts autopilot wouldn't take it in a straight path, but a make believe one to avoid radar.
The trail the jet was leaving behind was long enough that anyone could have easily seen it. So I do not think it was a stealth training mission.
Don't forget... they're flying over homeland. They may not exactly dim out their contrails for that.