again the ignorants puritans nationalists that love to say “everbody try to copy us” tss…

If you genuinely and honestly believe that Russian engineers have never directly copied American aircraft designs, then you need only look in the mirror to see the ignorant person here.

Yeah, considering the western next gen stealthy aircraft are not much more than prototypes themselves

So, exactly how many “prototypes” are based at Tyndall and Langley now?

If you look at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas, Nevada, you’ll see some Israeli F-15’s, German Tornados, F-111, F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1, etc. To have F-111’s that image must be several years old.

Not necessarily – the Aussies bring their -111s to Red Flag on a fairly regular basis.

One thing I’ve noticed is sometimes the Google Earth imagry is a bit too low res to make stuff out

I think some locations are better than others on Google Earth. For example, looking at my city of San Antonio, if you zoom in to “lower” than 3,000 ft altitude (look at the gauge on the lower right), it becomes blurry. But head up to Austin, and it’s crystal clear down to about 1,500 feet.

The Apache is the only one I can think of, even though it’s a helicopter. I doubt that’d be feasible for a fast jet.

Cobra as well. There was, I believe, a concept called King Cobra a while back that reversed the positions, but since the Cobra’s inception in Vietnam the pilot always sat in back.

the above is not a tribute or complement to US, it is a statement to present them as bullies.

Bullies, eh? -sigh- Whatever you wish to believe, friend.

Lockheed added chines to reduce RCS. That is a stone cold fact. Why you are having trouble with this is beyond me. Why is your observation, made almost 60 years after the plane was designed, more credible than the statements of Ben Rich and Kelly Johnson?

Because he (Over G) really, really, really wants it to be. And he figures if he says it loud enough, often enough, and frantically enough, it will become true. Research, data, facts, even the statements of the people who actually designed and built the aircraft; they are all irrelevant if they don’t suit his predetermined opinion.

and the link is crap…belenko,belenko,belenko.. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

So let me get this straight – you not only know more about the Blackbird than those who designed it, you also know more about the Foxbat than a pilot who flew it.