More Planes

I am writing this blog to stay connected to our kids and grandkids.  If you don't want to see any more planes, don't look.  :-)  But, I'm guessin' y'all don't mind because we've had almost 7500 hits to our blog in the few months we've been publishing!

A Flying Wing

The first working "flying wing" design was by Northrup in 1941 for military use.  Fifteen B-35's delta wing bombers were built, three actually flew, but they had some "issues," so large production contracts went to Convair and planes with conventional fuselages.  Northrup later partnered with Grumman and in 1981 a military contract was awarded for their now-famous Stealth bomber.  It would take years of labor before actually taking flight, and it was the use of in-flight computers that made that possible.  It could carry as many bombs as the equally famous B-52, but it's design and high tech features made it very difficult for radar to detect.  There are currently 21 of the Stealth bombers in use today.

Pilots loved to decorate their planes.  Maybe your Uncle Bubba can fill in the blanks about some of these aircraft.

Being a woman I was attracted to the bling of this satellite: 

But we came to see the shuttles!!