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Apr 15^th, 2011 at 7:19pm

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Good evening all... Wink

Was out today chewing the rag with a few other Old Retired Rocking Chair Flying Geezers and one of the lads had an article on this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_University_XV-11_Marvel

Thought I would look it up when I got home and post the above Link... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Apr 16^th, 2011 at 2:51am

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Marvel-ous Doug. Roll Eyes

I had completely forgotten about it. I can't remember when I saw something on it last.

Mississippi State has a very, very good electronics engineering school and some of their students worked on the B1 and some nuclear subs.

A friend of mine was one of them. Have not heard from him in quite a while.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #2 - Apr 16^th, 2011 at 7:24am

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Goodly morning all...

Thanks for the comment Larry...

I have seen one or two other aircraft that look quite similar
in appearance to that one and for the love of me can not think of their names or where I saw them... Roll Eyes

Larry is it true we have memory lapses as we get older...can't remember... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Apr 16^th, 2011 at 7:52pm

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Very cool aircraft! Thanks for the link. I love unusual airplanes.

As for others that are similar in appearance: At the bottom of the wikipedia article in your link, there is a section that says "see also", under that are two links under the headline "comparable aircraft". Those might be what you were thinking of. You might also check out the Lear Fan. Wink

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Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2011 at 8:07am

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Thanks TacitBlue for the comments and information... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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