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oops - my bad...

Is it a leap for the aviation world or just an evolution of stealth design ? If its a new design may be it can serve for ISR, strike or transport or may be 6th gen fighter.

reply to post by Zaphod58


I believe this was in Ultra High Altitude Sector Dalhart 98 (+ 350 angels).
It then transitioned to Blackrock 58, but I could be wrong

Can you estimate the altitude with this sector and the contrail?

reply to post by darksidius


Contrails only form in a certain window, so above 32,000 and below 40,000 or so.

reply to post by Zaphod58


If so the mysterious plane must be big like a 737 because at 32000 feet its not easy to see the shape of the plane like this is on the Picture of Dean Muskett. For the pilots who have the chance to work with a machine like that, they must feeling like Star Wars pilots

darksidius
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If so the mysterious plane must be big like a 737 because at 32000 feet its not easy to see the shape of the plane like this is on the Picture of Dean Muskett. For the pilots who have the chance to work with a machine like that, they must feeling like Star Wars pilots

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Sorry completely unrelated to the thread but you said about the pilots feeling like they are in Star Wars. I've been watching this thread and I couldn't help think the other day, what lucky pilots they are. How good would it feel that you a flying in a top secret aircraft with all this fancy new technology .. Lucky gits

I kick myself now because I had a chance to join the RAF as a pilot when I was younger and I ruined the opportunity as all I cared about was going out drinking and enjoying myself. One of the greatest regrets of my life

reply to post by darksidius


If you have a big enough lens you can, I used to be able to pull the rego numbers of flights going over with a 300mm lens.

reply to post by Stealthbomber


Ok, so with no reference and with a zoom its possible that the aircraft can have the size of a fighter

reply to post by darksidius


I'm leaning towards it being bigger than a fighter but without a reference it's hard to tell. If you find out what size lens he was using then you could make a better guess but even then it depends on what altitude.

This definitely wasn't this articles first rodeo. It's flown in daylight several other times before. It was just by chance, that it was spotted.

We'll have more details in the coming weeks.

It's a gorgeous bird.

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Impatient to see new détails about this triangle plane.

reply to post by darksidius


You have a few more months at least from what I hear.

reply to post by Zaphod58


Months not years cool

One website has posted a possible configuration.

Texas Triforce Jet

The author suggests there are projections in the back that mask IR emissions that are rotated for thrust vectoring and thrust reversers, which could be used for better maneuverability and short landings. The two colors are used to show the angles and lines.

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Interesting but in the texas picture the rear of the craft look more like a star and not straight, like the drawing craft.

Well a bit of an update or a slightly interesting tangent to this story:

deepbluehorizon.blogspot.com...

We will see if Mr. Douglass can get a picture of this jet before it is officially released if he knows where it is based.

reply to post by Sammamishman


Even if he figures out the base, they're not going to get pics of them there, until the AF is ready for them.

reply to post by Zaphod58


I wouldn't think so either unless he can take photos at night.

I didn't think you could get too close to "that/those" areas anyway to get decent shots with any detail.

Thanks for your query. For this and any future queries regarding this issue, as a matter of operational security, we will not discuss flight schedules and flight paths.

Goodness gracious me. Your teddy and pacifier are going to get rather dusty if you keep throwing them out of the pram.

If I were a USA based aviation watcher, I would keep an ear to the ground regarding 'brown outs' at bases where strategic recon airframes launch / recover from / to.