| From: | Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Arrow |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:37:19 -0500 |
>>Of course, I have no idea what the hell this plane is. If it was so
>>special, why was it cancelled?
>
>Politics and money.
>
Mind elaborating a bit on this point? Was it simply too expensive and
politically unpopular, or was there something more?
>There may be a hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft, it's been discussed
>for some years: even here in the UK there are claims of sightings off
>Scotland, of landings at Boscombe Down, et cetera.
>
Heard of those; some guy on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland who was
trained by the British Gov to recognized aircraft saw an air tanker (or
something similar I think), with an unknown triangular shaped craft flanked
on both sides by F-15s. Some people claim that the unknown triangular
shaped plane is the Aurora. But since no one is talking, who knows?
>>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.
>
>Gets around some of the inlet problems you run into at very high speeds.
>
Erm, so? Again, mind going into a bit more depth on this? I'm highly
non-technical (drives my Dad absolutely bonkers), so please keep it to
layman's terms.
>Or he knows there's no such aircraft and is neither confirming nor
>denying... pointless to speculate, with his background he knows not to
>let anything slip.
>
Entirely possible. He jokes that he'll tell his secrets at the death bed -
my mom's deathbed that is. That way he knows his secrets won't be going
anywhere.
>>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.
>
>Sheesh. Glad I only handle SECRET.
>
He doesn't work in that vault anymore. Same company, but he does more
stuff along the lines of sysadmin and sysop type stuff right now. At
least, that's what he tell us. There were years when all he could say was
that he worked for *insert company name here*, but not what he was doing.
We found out later he's been on all sorts of projects, ranging from NORAD
style command and control centers to mobile radar units like the
Firefinder. Of course, he didn't say anything to us until the whole world
knew about the project.
My uncle is convinced my dad is a spy like Arnold was in the movie "True
Lies"...the damn thing is, while we know that isn't true, it's real hard
coming up with concrete evidence...
Anyway, I think I've drifted enough off-topic for today.
Erik J.
"Oh, the silent helicopters and men in black fatigues? They're just my
carpool to work son."
