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'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
UK broadcaster BBC picked through the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region report, written between 1996-2000 by a Ministry of Defence intelligence expert and kept secret until last month. The broadcaster's showcase television news analysis programme Newsnight claims that although released under the country's freedom of information act, parts that remain censored lend credibility to claims that the US military has developed a cryogenic fuel-powered successor to the SR-71 Blackbird supersonic jet. A triangular jet with top speeds of Mach 6, thought to have been dubbed Aurora at one time, has long been believed to have been developed as part of the USA's Special Access, or "black" programmes. The Aurora is likely to be have been developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for Special Access programmes, located in Groom Lake, Nevada. Mo http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/15/207247/Video+Existence+of+secret+'Aurora'+hypersonic+suce ssor+to+SR-71+Blackbird+'revealed'+in+UK+defence.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/q4sxb |
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'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
Jay Honeck wrote: 'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed' Shoot, I already TOLD you that Bill Fox, project coordinator at the Skunk Works during the Blackbird program (and donor of everything in our "Blackbird Suite"), freely admits that Aurora existed. And that's about all he'll say. After that, he'll politely change the subject... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Is that why the blackbirds were being retired? The blackbird has the thrust equivalent of the Queen Mary. Wow! The Aurora will be something. I'm still in awe by the old retired Blackbird. Monk |
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'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
Hmm... has the pulse-jet lifting body concept met reality?
Jim "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... 'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed' Shoot, I already TOLD you that Bill Fox, project coordinator at the Skunk Works during the Blackbird program (and donor of everything in our "Blackbird Suite"), freely admits that Aurora existed. And that's about all he'll say. After that, he'll politely change the subject... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
On 17 Jul 2006 20:48:02 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in .com:: And that's about all he'll say. So now you have slightly more information, even if it is hearsay. |
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'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed'
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... 'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed' Shoot, I already TOLD you that Bill Fox, project coordinator at the Skunk Works during the Blackbird program (and donor of everything in our "Blackbird Suite"), freely admits that Aurora existed. And that's about all he'll say. After that, he'll politely change the subject... Which either means that: A) Lockheed developed a secret hypersonic aircraft or B) That he's yanking your chain, knowing that Lockheed developed the Aurora (a P3 Orion derivative) for the Canadians. And that he can tell you the truth (Yes, Aurora existed.), while still misleading you... KB ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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