NO OCR TEXT Aircraft Size Comparison ~ THE US Government has found brand new way debunking notion UFOs plans build airplanes look like UFOs Admittedly thats pretty expensive way make point fact first projected UFO look-alikes A-12 Avenger originally scheduled make its first flight March 1992 has canned because cost schedule overruns Although present has unable come agreement manufacturers Navy still hopes build A-12 future date A-12 Avenger confused venerable Grumman TBF torpedo bomber World War H resembles about much Ferrari does UPS truck Rumor has blatant bit plagiarism meant influence President George Bush flew original Avengers Nicknamed Dorito because its shape A-12 designed simple isosceles tri angle wingspan 66 feet three inches length 35 feet six inches wing area about 1175 square feet hypotenuse some 48 feet Its low canopy will enclose pilot bombardier tandem everything else will carefully hidden inside Navy sees Dorito replacing Grumman A-6 Intruder heralding next generation carrier-based attack planes keeping very quiet about A-12 manufacturers insist still blacks pro ject Although information artists con ceptions released far advance planned first flight probably re sponse recent publicity about Air Force F-22 F-23 stealth fighters Navy doesnt want appear behind times after time project cancellation General Dynamics McDonnell-Douglas fab ricated tools necessary construc tion prototype also built model A-12 prototype built will probably first true flying wing ab solutely no vertical tail surfaces pro duced American company except Northrop pioneered style Some hint way collaboration General Dynamics McDonnell Douglas has gotten very new area can found information published Aviation Week Space Technology article took four full pages describe variety terribly se cret airplanes being tested bases Nevada Included drawings triangular craft look like no known airplanes series Nel lis AFB Satellite fieldsDreamland Ranch Area 51have developed mys tique due unusually high security rumors coming given credence Aviation Week & Space Technology article strongly implied spooky new machines may developmental prototypes being used test new shapes such A-12 went describe other fascinating new airplanessome make sounds like sky being torn apart others emit lowfrequency pulsing roar accompanied sausage-link-shaped contrail selfanointed bible aerospace world forced admit some weird air planes reported ground observers seem use technology its experts dont understand Steven Spielberg need Such advanced technology including stealth capability certainly unusual carrierbased attack bomber history cat egory includes likes aforementioned Grumman Avenger Fairey Swordfish other rugged conservative designs Now suddenly Navy attack bombers leading way future Could stealth cropdusters far away As stands now supersleek A-12 about simple design can imagined sketched bar napkin geo metry test paper Navy lives up its old reputation loading airplanes down manner extra equipment spare parts what remember 1940s Curtiss SB2C Helldiver started out pretty good dive bomber finally crammed full extraneous Navy gear never performed way should have performs well predicted Navy eschews excess gear A-12 could major step forward multipurpose air planes capable operating off carriers case might ultimately become widely ac cepted F-4 Phantom II adopted standard type USAF dozen two other countries E April 1991 23 J Familiarly known Dorito because its UFO-ilke shape A-i 2 Avenger designed simpie isosceles triangie wingspan 66 ft 3 length 35 ft 6 wing area about 1175 sq ft hypotenuse some 48/ ft its low canopy encloses pilot bom bardier tandem everything else carefully hidden inside Though Navy kept quiet about specifics saw A-i 2 major tech nical advance carrier-based multipurpose airplanes plane built could ultimately become standard within USAF well
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/04
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NO OCR TEXT Aircraft Size Comparison ~ THE US Government has found brand new way debunking notion UFOs plans build airplanes look like UFOs Admittedly thats pretty expensive way make point fact first projected UFO look-alikes A-12 Avenger originally scheduled make its first flight March 1992 has canned because cost schedule overruns Although present has unable come agreement manufacturers Navy still hopes build A-12 future date A-12 Avenger confused venerable Grumman TBF torpedo bomber World War H resembles about much Ferrari does UPS truck Rumor has blatant bit plagiarism meant influence President George Bush flew original Avengers Nicknamed Dorito because its shape A-12 designed simple isosceles tri angle wingspan 66 feet three inches length 35 feet six inches wing area about 1175 square feet hypotenuse some 48 feet Its low canopy will enclose pilot bombardier tandem everything else will carefully hidden inside Navy sees Dorito replacing Grumman A-6 Intruder heralding next generation carrier-based attack planes keeping very quiet about A-12 manufacturers insist still blacks pro ject Although information artists con ceptions released far advance planned first flight probably re sponse recent publicity about Air Force F-22 F-23 stealth fighters Navy doesnt want appear behind times after time project cancellation General Dynamics McDonnell-Douglas fab ricated tools necessary construc tion prototype also built model A-12 prototype built will probably first true flying wing ab solutely no vertical tail surfaces pro duced American company except Northrop pioneered style Some hint way collaboration General Dynamics McDonnell Douglas has gotten very new area can found information published Aviation Week Space Technology article took four full pages describe variety terribly se cret airplanes being tested bases Nevada Included drawings triangular craft look like no known airplanes series Nel lis AFB Satellite fieldsDreamland Ranch Area 51have developed mys tique due unusually high security rumors coming given credence Aviation Week & Space Technology article strongly implied spooky new machines may developmental prototypes being used test new shapes such A-12 went describe other fascinating new airplanessome make sounds like sky being torn apart others emit lowfrequency pulsing roar accompanied sausage-link-shaped contrail selfanointed bible aerospace world forced admit some weird air planes reported ground observers seem use technology its experts dont understand Steven Spielberg need Such advanced technology including stealth capability certainly unusual carrierbased attack bomber history cat egory includes likes aforementioned Grumman Avenger Fairey Swordfish other rugged conservative designs Now suddenly Navy attack bombers leading way future Could stealth cropdusters far away As stands now supersleek A-12 about simple design can imagined sketched bar napkin geo metry test paper Navy lives up its old reputation loading airplanes down manner extra equipment spare parts what remember 1940s Curtiss SB2C Helldiver started out pretty good dive bomber finally crammed full extraneous Navy gear never performed way should have performs well predicted Navy eschews excess gear A-12 could major step forward multipurpose air planes capable operating off carriers case might ultimately become widely ac cepted F-4 Phantom II adopted standard type USAF dozen two other countries E April 1991 23 J Familiarly known Dorito because its UFO-ilke shape A-i 2 Avenger designed simpie isosceles triangie wingspan 66 ft 3 length 35 ft 6 wing area about 1175 sq ft hypotenuse some 48/ ft its low canopy encloses pilot bom bardier tandem everything else carefully hidden inside Though Navy kept quiet about specifics saw A-i 2 major tech nical advance carrier-based multipurpose airplanes plane built could ultimately become standard within USAF well