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Old 02-17-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by KarTek View Post
Last time I was there in July of 2008, I toured the X-plane hanger. I had to give my favorite, the XB-70 a pat on the front wheel for old times sake...

I have tons of pictures that I could upload to p-bucket. They're all hi-res so it might take all night... While I was in the x-plane hanger, I was lucky enough to be able to crawl up under the F-22 prototype and take detailed pictures of all the wiring and plumbing under the landing gear bay. If you think your MB vacuum system is complex, you should get a load of that!
The Valkyrie -- that was a neat plane! The escape capsule always fascinated me.

Did they have a B-2 in the X-plane hangar? I got to tour one while on Guam; we were allowed to crawl all over, under, and in it, and take pics of anything but the rear end. They're quite proud of the exhaust area.
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