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Feb 7th, 2011 at 9:12pm

cantflywontfly   Offline
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Codename Aurora?

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Thank you Skunkworks, for lending me this shot... its not what i am planning with it, but I was bored and thought i'd create a little shot involving a possible real life skunkworks project!! who really knows?!?!.............

now for some 'info'.....

Aurora was a rumored mid-1980s United States reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown and it has been termed a myth.

The U.S. government has consistently denied such an aircraft was ever built. Aerospaceweb.org concluded, "The evidence supporting the Aurora is circumstantial or pure conjecture, there is little reason to contradict the government's position."    hmmmmmm......

Others come to different conclusions. In 2006, veteran black project watcher and aviation writer Bill Sweetman said, "Does Aurora exist? Years of pursuit have led me to believe that, yes, Aurora is most likely in active development, spurred on by recent advances that have allowed technology to catch up with the ambition that launched the program a generation ago."

all above info taken from wiki...

check out more here but remember its only wiki!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28aircraft%29

thanks for looking, comments and criticism welcome!

Deano  Smiley
 

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Reply #1 - Feb 7th, 2011 at 9:56pm

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Very nice. I used to fly the Aurora in FS5/FSFS...http://www.flightsim.com/zview.php?cm=list&fid=1874 Awesome edit!!!  Shocked  Will have your project completed late tonight or tomorrow  Wink Happy Flying, Greg  Cool
« Last Edit: Feb 8th, 2011 at 11:52am by Skunkworks »  

FSX, we've come a long way baby! Skunk Works is an official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. Skunk Works is responsible for a number of famous aircraft designs, including the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-22 Raptor. Its largest current project is the F-35 Lightning II
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Reply #2 - Feb 8th, 2011 at 6:45am

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Cool Deano. Smiley
 

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Reply #3 - Feb 8th, 2011 at 11:36am

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Very cool Cool
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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