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A secret
F-111 Aardvark replacement? Northrop Grumman "Switchblade"
aircraft US Patent # 5,984,231 (MS Word document, 1.2 MB) |
A similar recent
Boeing patent... the "Pterodactyl".
(MS Word document,
300 kB) |
...other wild aircraft patents that provide glimpses into what may be
flying secretly today are here
and here.
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Cool Videos (best with
sound) |
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Atlas V, AV-001, launches Eutelsat
Hotbird 6, August 21, 2002, liftoff to orbit (streaming media, 30+ minutes
-- pre-launch to satellite deployment)
Fast-forward to
minute = 00:39:55 for the ten-second countdown.
Awesome liftoff, great stage separation, awesome
payload fairings separation (shown in screen capture above), neat flight
control center audio throughout
video courtesy of:
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Atlas IIIA, AC-201, launches Eutelsat W-4, May 24,
2000, liftoff to orbit (streaming media, 9 minutes)
More great footage, of this trailblazer "risk
reduction" configuration for the Atlas V program -- the first RD-180
-powered flight by Lockheed.
(Be patient, this link at Space.Com is
popular; it may take several attempts and waits for each to get a good
session.
If you have a problem with the above link, go
here
and do the following:)
Select "Liftoffs". Maximize the
resulting Window.
Scroll thru to page 9 of 12 and select
"Atlas 3 Rocketcam from Launch". (You may then be prompted to
select what media player to use, etc.)
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Saturn V liftoff
(QuickTime, 3.15 MB)
Great footage of special interconnects, umbilicals,
and booms & mechanisms in their demating and stowing cycles
Warning: this clip is loud! The Saturn V
was absolutely massive. More info: (1)
(2) |
F-14 Tomcat shock
wave (MPEG, 1.28 MB) |
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Saturn V liftoff
(Apollo 8), another awesome video -- this time from the LUT deck in
ultra-slow motion. You
have to see this to believe it, 7.6 million pounds of liquid-fueled thrust.
(full
AVI, 28.3 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 12.6 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 4.5 MB)
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OK,
same shot, Apollo 11
(full
AVI, 60.1 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 32.0 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 12.0 MB)
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OK,
even closer, Apollo 12
(full
AVI, 40.7 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 35.3 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 14.9 MB)
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(Cool videos, cont'd.)
LAND
A
jet funny car accidentally gets airborne at 260 mph (AVI
format, 8.71 MB)
A
young Stayne gets up to 175 mph on a motorcycle, Sunflower Aerodrome, Kansas (AVI
format, 12.0 MB)
A
funny car burns up while decelerating (AVI
format, 11.2 MB)
A
funny car explodes at high speed (AVI
format, 7.45 MB)
A
really bad dragster smashup in slow motion (AVI
format, 17.1 MB)
Daytona
motorcycle racer pushes a very fast turn too much with a cold rear tire (AVI
format, 7.11 MB)
A
fast vehicle crash smorgasboard (AVI
format, 24.3 MB)
SEA
Navy
sailor witnesses a nuclear blast (recently declassified)
(AVI format, 12.2 MB)
Anti-submarine
underwater nuclear device test, view from surface ship (recently
declassified) (AVI
format, 12.5 MB)
Anti-submarine
underwater nuclear device test, view from helicopter & aircraft carrier
(recently declassified) (AVI
format, 11.1 MB)
Anti-submarine
underwater nuclear device test, mountain (wall) of water engulfs surface ships
(recently declassified) (AVI
format, 5.75 MB)
CH-46 SeaKnight lands on ship deck and tries to abort with disastrous results (MPEG
format, 10.1 MB)
AIR
gun camera footage,
two F-15's collide in midair (recently declassified)
(AVI format, 15.7 MB)
F-14
Tomcat in a terminal flat spin, pilots eject (recently declassified)
(AVI format, 12.4 MB)
flat
spin, pilot's view from cockpit
(recently declassified) (AVI
format, 11.9 MB)
AH-64 Apache flying nap of the earth threads too small
of a needle (AVI
format, 5.6 MB)
MC-130 deploying flares to spoof IR missile seekers (MPEG
format, 2.6 MB)
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