Boeing Phantom Works unveiling on 19th?
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Well that's 2 minutes of my life I won't get back.Thanks.
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Boeing MQ-25 Stingray prototype.
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Latest gynaecology chair?
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Military aviation is becoming more like a car show. Will 2 very attractive young ladies in bikinis be pulling off the black chiffon ?
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Originally Posted by Fonsini
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Military aviation is becoming more like a car show. Will 2 very attractive young ladies in bikinis be pulling off the black chiffon ?
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"Will 2 very attractive young ladies in bikinis be pulling off the black chiffon?"
Not in corporate America in 2017. Or in December in St Louis. |
Navy MQ-25 Stingray would explain heavy nose gear.
https://news.usni.org/wp-content/upl.../unnamed-5.jpg |
Boeing build Phantoms??????????????
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Originally Posted by oxenos
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Boeing build Phantoms??????????????
They bought McDonnell (Douglas) and kept the "Phantom" moniker, and a logo similar to the F-4 Phantom masked bandit. Doubt it is as lean and mean as the original McD prototyping shop- the Lockheed Skunk Works has also blossomed in size, I am sure Kelly Johnson would be spinning in his grave if he saw the size and layers involved today. |
Originally Posted by oxenos
(Post 9994136)
Boeing build Phantoms??????????????
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Looks like ORAC and Keesje were correct - MQ25 Tanker
Boeing Shares Sneak Peek of Autonomous Aerial Refueler for MQ-25 Competition |
This will please BEagle. All future tanker pilots now redundant only 10 years after their Navs...
https://theaviationist.com/wp-conten...5_high-res.jpg ...after all, the aircraft only has to pitch up and fly race tracks in a predicatble fashion trailing its hose(s) - how hard can it be? :E:E http://www.animatedimages.org/data/m...image-0138.gif |
I believe the USN just released their final RFP for the MQ-25 back in October. Since they built a flight demonstrator before the RFP was released, Boeing must think they have a good chance to prevail in this effort.
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Why does it need a landing light?
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So it can scare itself during a night deck landing? :)
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One wonders whether ol' Bubba Boeing will have more luck getting this drone to work than he has so far with the KC-46A Pigosaurus...
While the Navy has been reluctant about the specific goals of the program, the service’s basic requirements will have the MQ-25 deliver about 6800 kg of fuel 500 nautical miles from the carrier. Presumably they'd launch at least 2 of the things together, with some non-bumping-into-each other system, in order to provide redundancy? |
All future tanker pilots now redundant only 10 years after their Navs. |
Interesting shape. Appears to have forward swept rear flying surfaces
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Now, if only they would do a “B” model, we could use them as well😏
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