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                        German stealth?

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:23 PM
                        Hey the germans had the firs I.C.B.M

                        Good pics black wolf LOL
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:04 AM
                        Could be, or maybe it has something to do with what he ate for breakfast. (Or drank at the hall the previous evening!)


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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:55 AM
                        Insulated by his seat cushions?
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:51 AM
                        I asked the Colonel about that and he told me it was something to do with the type of rubber used for the tires being impervious to the electromagnetic whoojamajig that the Stealth system generated in order to make the aircraft invisible. The wheels, being insulated by the tires, are also unaffected. I dunno why the pilot is still visible, though...

                        Off to email Stoini...


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                        wayne baker
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Medina, Ohio
                        Posted by wayne baker on Monday, June 23, 2003 11:50 AM
                        Did somebody forget to wire the tires to the switch?

                         I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:31 PM
                        I am glad that the u.s.a. are the only country to have stealth tech alot of are tech nology was modified from german designs captured at the end of wwII i.e. swept wings on jets look at the difference between the f-80 shooting star at the end of wwII and the post wwII f-84 thunderstreak and f-86 sabre jet conincedince not even !!!!!!!if we can get it easier we do i t's kind of like how we got the formulas for the magnetic vereiables from a forgotten russian manuscript that they thought was nonsense but our scienctiest kicked around and got it to work so god bless america ..!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:24 PM
                        [:0] even with the switch 'on' a fuelled up Fulcrum still takes my breath away !
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:45 PM
                        Hey, no prob! I'm usually a serious kinda guy (?) but you have to laugh now and again...


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                        Awood23
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by Awood23 on Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:23 PM
                        thanks for a great laugh black wolf.
                        [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Awood23/DarkSideBadge.jpg "your' not trying if your not cheating" "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" 'never before have so many owed so much to so few" 1/48 Spitfire %80
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                        Butz
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Sunday, June 8, 2003 7:40 PM
                        Whaz up,
                        That is too funnyTongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]. I could not resist mentioning that to Steve.
                        Flaps up,Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Sunday, June 8, 2003 7:11 PM
                        I was talking with Butz just now and he seems to think that one of the first "Stealth" aircraft designs was actually Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet:




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                        caine
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Littleton,CO
                        Posted by caine on Sunday, June 8, 2003 6:57 PM
                        That German stealth prototype looks pretty cool, but I still would have to say teh Have Blue looks better. Good thing those East German invisible planes had a switch labled in English...lol. Those pictures are hilarious!
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Sunday, June 8, 2003 6:32 PM
                        LOL I dunno what the Col. used, I'll have to ask him!


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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 8, 2003 6:23 PM
                        LoL, love the pictures!
                        Didn't we get that technology first though, in the form of... Adobe Photo Shop?
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Sunday, June 8, 2003 5:29 PM
                        When Germany integrated former East German MiG-29's under re-unification, they discovered that the aircraft were equipped with a "low-observables" defensive system. Here's a photo of the switch on the instrument panel:



                        When active, this system will render the aircraft virtually invisible to all methods of detection, including the universal Mk.1 Eyeball.

                        Here are some photos of a Fulcrum getting ready to sortie on an intercept mission with the system activated:








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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 8, 2003 12:00 PM
                        The Germans also were working on Stealth Flying Wing designs near the end of WWII, but they didn't get off the drawing board, I don't think. One was intended to nuke New York.
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                        markuz226
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Everett
                        Posted by markuz226 on Sunday, June 8, 2003 11:40 AM
                        Hmmmm... interesting.. I can't wait to see a 48th scale of that!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        German stealth?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 28, 2003 5:52 AM
                        Looks like the Germans were working on a stealth aircraft in the 1980's but cancelled it. They had an almost fullsize model and were diong wind tunnel tests. The name of the aircraft was 'Lampyridae' which is German for 'firefly':







                        For more info:

                        http://www.invisible-defenders.org/programs/various/lampyridae/lampyridae.htm
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