Jake wrote:
Is jack Northrup finally vindicated?

Jake


Mr Northrop was vindicated many years ago.

During the final build days of the very first HAVE BLUE platform, The
Secretary of Defense made a decision. The SecDef authorized full access
to HAVE BLUE and the many sub-compartments to one Jack Northrop,
aviator, entrepreneur, designer, engineer and legend.

Mr Northrop at the time was quite feeble, but as usual gentlemanly,
alert, friendly and still with a sharp wit.

He was escorted to the HAVE BLUE site and given the one and only "All
Access - All Levels" badge to be issued. See, even the Secretary of
Defense's clearance message transmitted by the SSO system, had a long
string of initials, digraphs and code names after his name, indicating
the Sec Def might have access to 90 percent, but not to all.

The message ... from SSO DOD, spelled out that Mr Northrop was to be
given "the grand tour".

Later in the day, after briefings in SCIF and Special Access Required
(SAR) rooms, he was escorted to the HAVE BLUE simulator. The simulator
operator, a senior USAF command pilot who was one of the principal
ground test and simulation engineers, took Mr Northrop for a ride,
including refueling, and delivery of a weapon onto a target inside an
enemy's capital city.

Finally, the honored gentleman was escorted to the hanger floor where he
was shown the B2 Spirit Bomber receiving it's final touches for air
worthiness.

As Mr. Northrop sat in the cockpit, he exclaimed "Now I know why I've
lived this long .. to see this, and oh my, this is a wonder!"

He passed on to the Great Beyond a few weeks later, secure in the
knowledge that his Flying Wing was still alive.