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Bump.

Probably won't help as the big ones will be flying 10 miles above you, but just in case:

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RCS test article for the A-12/SR-71?

http://projecthabu.tumblr.com/post/77636760947/a-12-06927-visited-on-1-12-2014-was-a

Meanwhile, at the Ilyushin Ил-76 structure testing hangar:

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And here's the actual A-12 RCS test article
http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/rcs.html

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IIRC from reading about Skunkworks projects, it took them a while to develop a pylon for the F-117 with a small enough RCS that it's return didn't swamp the return from the actual test article.

What would be the point of trying to develop a pylon that didn't compromise its stealth, when hanging anything from it inevitably would?

I mean the pylon they mount the test article onto when testing the RCS, i.e. that pole you can see in the A-12 pic

I see.

That is a pretty big pole, it'd probably amplify the RCS of a Cessna.

just thought i'd look back through the thread for this

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What about it?

where is it?

Edit: I guess there's just little reason to discuss it in any more minute detail than the media already is. Hopefully no-one suffered and the families will have some answers soon.

Found this interesting story about a 727 that was apparently stolen from Africa in 2003 and vanished.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-727-that-vanished-2371187/?all&no-ist

In Soviet Russia*...

*Coming soon to an independent nation near you.

From HHSB...

Look like might hactually be same Antonov as aviation firm...

Where is Tester when you need him?

The logo is certainly the same as the aviation design bureau's.

http://www.uabike.com/article/miscellaneous/ukrainskijj_analog_italjanskojj_ramy.html

Yo dawg, I heard you liked Jaguars...

Homemade Helicopter First Flight Test - YouTube

Meanwhile in russia...

That is fucking cool.