I prefer this view that converge more with what we see in front of the leading edge :rolleyes:

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It is obviously no longer flying since its cockpit canopy was for sale 4 years ago.

There are two sightings by different people, take a look here:

http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/23/two-different-black-projects/

No one is saying the images are photoshopped.

Right..text says 3 planes flew in formation…how come I only see one in Texas ?

I find it funny and slightly odd that some people on various forums are really unwilling to see this as a new aircraft type.

To my mind its not a B2, it doesn’t look like a B2 and try as hard as you might with as many filters as possible neither this latest aircraft or the Texas one have the same trailing edge arrangement as the B2 nor are they the same shape.

And yet people of some distinction are saying its a B2 (which makes me suspicious).

Neither of the pictures are PSed either (they have been rigorously checked. The question is, what is it and what does it do?

Personally I think its in service rather than a prototype and I am am prepared to go with the jammer option rather than the LO transport option.

It is the same image on both…someone claimed there are various sightings…

http://deepbluehorizon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/of-flying-triangles-and-internet-trolls.html

Right…someone says he hates trolls…does that make him running an UFO site any more believable ?

Let’s just be careful with what the media says. When skydiving makes the news in a negative fashion here in the UK, it is over sensationalised. Sadly it isn’t a sport known about, or understood, by those out side of it.

The aircraft (that specific model, or the type in general I am not yet sure of) was operated as a ‘jump ship’ for 14 years or so. That is a long time of cycles, people hanging off of the side of it, high speed airflow entering and circulating in the cabin (assuming there is no use of an internal or external wind deflector). That MIGHT give some backing to be overloaded and one bit of fatigue too much. As for points 2 and 3, I don’t share the opinion myself. The human body will perform worse at higher altitude ( up to 15000 feet as an example) than a aircraft wing.

Let’s see what the reports say and what the survives say. Thankfully(?) POV cameras are widely used in the skydiving community, so there is a good chance of internal footage as well. I have huge sympathy for those that have to watch that footage….

BSBD to those unfortunate soles 🙁

Certainly we must be careful. It was only 6 months ago when 11 people died in similar accident with Pilatus PC-6 in Belgium.

LIFT that keep the aircraft airborne is defined as this L = ½xPxV^2xAxCl ….so the altitude ( pressure ) is vital and related to the indicated air speed.