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Scale

Peter Bruener — 3/10/2006 7:31:26 AM (archived)

These shots contribute a further sense of scale of the aircraft.

(Just realized Larry J posted the link to this site several days ago)

Ground clearance

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• AWST: USAF ran top secret manned orbital missions in 1990's - JimO - 3/6/2006 3:09:27 AM
  • DONUTS on ROPE contrails?????? - carl - 3/9/2006 2:21:47 PM
  • Somebody's got some explaining to do - Robert - 3/6/2006 11:12:40 PM
    • re: Somebody's got some explaining to do - R.L. - 3/8/2006 5:06:33 AM
  • It's hard to hide something that big and loud - Larry J - 3/6/2006 8:33:51 PM
    • My extensive expreience with the XB-70... - et - 3/6/2006 8:43:32 PM
  • First take -- glaring implausibilities - JimO - 3/6/2006 12:08:47 PM
    • Common sense... - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 5:33:34 PM
      • Common sense for 1986 though? (n/t) - et - 3/6/2006 5:53:50 PM
  • R.L., what do you think of the sodium-ion laser comment in the AWST story? - et - 3/6/2006 6:29:46 AM
    • Who knows... - R.L. - 3/8/2006 5:13:04 AM
      • re: Who knows... - Aloha - 3/8/2006 4:45:36 PM
        • Do you have anything of value to contribute? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/9/2006 5:22:58 AM
      • Good point. - et - 3/8/2006 5:26:34 AM
    • Ok serious answer.... - R.L. - 3/6/2006 10:51:31 AM
    • No, it does not work in reverse - R.L. - 3/6/2006 9:29:56 AM
      • re: No, it does not work in reverse - JimO - 3/6/2006 12:10:49 PM
        • :( sorry, I was in a silly mood - R.L. - 3/6/2006 7:14:20 PM
        • An orange herring if you will? - et - 3/6/2006 6:24:55 PM
  • Boron toothpaste? - et - 3/6/2006 6:23:00 AM
    • Ok, so Boron fuels might be old news... - et - 3/6/2006 6:22:16 PM
  • So what, we're talking about an "Aurora" plus "White Knight" type carrier system? - et - 3/6/2006 4:16:09 AM
    • Given that one of the XB-70s crashed after it "sucked" an F-104 into it's tail... - et - 3/6/2006 6:20:45 PM
      • XB-70 crash sequence - Larry J - 3/6/2006 8:15:40 PM
        • More XB-70 Photos - Peter Bruener - 3/10/2006 7:11:34 AM
          • Scale - Peter Bruener - 3/10/2006 7:31:26 AM
        • It doesn't fit, or does it? - et - 3/6/2006 8:50:23 PM
          • Hard to tell - Larry J - 3/6/2006 10:11:10 PM
            • Ah. Ok. - et - 3/6/2006 10:31:46 PM
              • re: Ah. Ok. - et - 3/6/2006 10:32:14 PM
                • All that matters... - ljk - 3/7/2006 3:40:39 PM
                  • Interesting post from FPSPACE list - ljk - 3/7/2006 7:37:08 PM
                    • It's hard to judge size when there's no frame of reference - Larry J - 3/7/2006 9:27:00 PM
                      • That's no wrench... - et - 3/7/2006 11:03:02 PM
                        • A link to the sketch of the "wrench" - ljk - 3/9/2006 3:52:37 PM
                          • Blackstar: False Messiah From Groom Lake - ljk - 3/10/2006 12:09:47 PM
                            • Six blind men in a zoo: Aviation Week's mythical Blackstar - ljk - 3/13/2006 5:34:52 PM