| From: | Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Arrow |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:54:19 -0500 |
>On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Kristling Ravenwing wrote:
>
>> 2) Anyone mind if I have the Ravenwing International gang (sans krist, of
>> cours, I'm postin' why tomorrow unless anyone else in the storyline has any
>> input) find the rumoured to be saved from destruction Averal Arrow?
>>
>> The Averal was on of the most advanced airplanes of its time. It was
>> discontinued by the (defunct in SR) Canadian government of the day. It'd
just
>> be cool, since one of Ravenwing's cronies is a rigger with a REAL
interest in
>> arronautic history.
>
>
If this plane is such hot sh*t, then I should think that a number of
players, both corporate and underworld might find it very interesting...
Of course, I have no idea what the hell this plane is. If it was so
special, why was it cancelled?
>Based on the original prototype's performance, it was believed and still
>is by the people that had built and flown the prototype that it would have
>outperformed craft that are currently in use even today and into the next
>century.
>
>
Well, if we are talking fighter craft, let's not forget the US project that
has been dubbed "Aurora." While it's name might be something totally
different, it's clear that the US Gov. has *some* sort of bleeding-edge jet
that it's been testing for several years now. Supposedly has the next
generation of stealth technology and uses (I hope I remember the term
right) "pulse detonation engines," whatever the hell that means. It's
rumored to be extremely fast. It's also rumored to be extremely loud
(something like a continuos sonic boom), and to cause a bizarre contrail of
a single line with a coil around that. Supposedly it triggered
seismographs and false earthquakes here in Southern California back in 92
or 93 or something (turns out that seismographs can tell you not only how
fast a craft was going, but what it probably is and the direction it's
head, *IF* you can give the computers enough data. As you might guess,
those false earthquakes I mentioned *were* caused by a supersonic aircraft
traveling off-shore, going north-south - and caused by an unknown aircraft
traveling at unclear speeds above the sound barrier.).
Of course, no one will admit to the Aurora project. My Dad (if you were on
RN last week, you know about the surveillance and wire tapping) claims to
know something about it, but refuses to say what. *I* suspect that with
his contacts in the defense industry, he knows there is such a jet, and
probably knows some basic stats, but that's it. This is a man that worked
in what was essentially a concrete-encased bank vault for a number of years
so that no one could spy on the projects he was working on for his company
- no windows, no outside phone connections, nothing. Must have been oh so
fun.
Erik J.
