There, what did I say!! I was intending to let it bide a while before launching, but I had no choice.
It is the Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm LAMPYRIDAE
PROGRAMME: Partly declassified in February 1995. Launched under Luftwaffe contract in 1981 by then MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm); codenamed Lampyridae (Latin for Firefly) or Medium-Range Missile Fighter.
Wind tunnel testing in 1985 on 1:3.5 scale low-speed modeland 1:20 transonic model; radar cross-section analysed on full-sized mockup (length overall: 16 m; 52 ft). Programme culminated in 1987 with 15 `flights' by manned, but unpowered 1:1.33 scale aircraft in German-Netherlands wind tunnel at Emmeloord; simulated speeds up to 120 knots (222 km/h; 138 mph) and small-amplitude movements about all axes.
Radar signature targets were met (and probably bettered Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk from frontal aspect, despite latter's more than double number of facets).
Well done mate
Edited to say that RegDep has requesten an
Open House