NASA Eagle

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 08/17/2017 at 21:48 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Nasa

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NASA isn’t afraid of putting some color on a plane.

d15b > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 22:05

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What am I looking at and why do I think it is awesome?

Edit: I can’t read.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 22:07

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Grumman X-something? I had a Matchbox sized diecast with a similar paint scheme as a kid.

Edit: I’m old and senile. Im thinking of the X29. Had similar paint, but entirely different wings.

d15b > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 08/17/2017 at 22:17

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S’Okay. I hear they have chocolate, vanilla AND strawberry ice cream because we have been really good! That is ON TOP of the pudding we get!

facw > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 08/17/2017 at 22:17

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Yep, X-29 also got a red, white, and blue scheme:

as did F-16XL ship 2:

facw > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 22:20

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The Air Force had a much more boring scheme on that aircraft:

The 2D vectoring engines do look cool though, more obviously something special than the later 3D engines it was fitted with.

user314 > d15b 08/17/2017 at 22:22

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The NF-15B STOL/MTD/ACTIVE , a joint USAF/NASA test - bed for lots of late 70s/early 80s cutting edge tech. It also wore camo for a time.

The plane (as the XF-15F) was featured in Dale Brown‘s Day of the Cheetah .

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 22:23

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Well they couldn’t be bothered to paint this one for like 5 years after they got it..

NASA photo

facw > someassemblyrequired 08/17/2017 at 22:29

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They got there eventually. Similarly:

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someassemblyrequired > facw 08/17/2017 at 22:33

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Short bus 747 is cutest 747.

facw > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 22:35

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The ACTIVE is the best one, but not the only one:

I like that orange!

Chariotoflove > facw 08/17/2017 at 23:01

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They look like USB plugs. I bet they assemble them upside down 2/3 of the time.

Chariotoflove > f86sabre 08/17/2017 at 23:01

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Damn, that is gorgeous.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Chariotoflove 08/18/2017 at 01:28

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S’ok, Nasa’s got a procedure for that.

f86sabre > facw 08/18/2017 at 10:01

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Clean F-15 is sexy F-15.

d15b > user314 08/18/2017 at 12:20

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Pretty bird!

user314 > someassemblyrequired 08/18/2017 at 12:23

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But wait, a challenger appears!

user314 > Chariotoflove 08/18/2017 at 12:25

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USB cables exist in 4D space:

user314 > facw 08/18/2017 at 12:26

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Yo dawg, I heard you like pitot tubes...

Chariotoflove > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 08/18/2017 at 12:26

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Awesome.

facw > user314 08/18/2017 at 12:38

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Spike

https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/supersonic_jousting.html

Chariotoflove > user314 08/18/2017 at 12:40

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And we would be teaching this to our kids if our STEM curriculum was up to par.

user314 > facw 08/18/2017 at 12:48

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Huh, I don’t remember hearing about this program before. Neat.

someassemblyrequired > user314 08/18/2017 at 12:49

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Ha ha I think you win. Official Orbiter attachment instructions are your prize.

Photo by Rob Elliott (Zeeeter at en.wikipedia) Public Domain.