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Originally posted by GypseyWing
What is Aurora supposed to be a flight craft?
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Originally posted by GypseyWing
What is Aurora supposed to be a flight craft?
The Aurora would be a Hypersonic (that is it cruises at 5 times the speed of sound or more) spy plane.
It would fly at extreme altitude (think over 100,000 feet), and basically be a super fast camera.
If you know what the SR-71 Blackbird is, it would be the next generation of that.
Originally posted by TheRanchMan
Does anyone know about avon park test base in FL?
Originally posted by American Mad Man
The Aurora would be a Hypersonic (that is it cruises at 5 times the speed of sound or more) spy plane.
It would fly at extreme altitude (think over 100,000 feet), and basically be a super fast camera.
If you know what the SR-71 Blackbird is, it would be the next generation of that.
Originally posted by eaglewingz
Seems like the sonic/contrail evidence I've heard about in Florida is in the coastal region. Over the Gulf of Mexico would be the place to fly a black project, not crossing over the population centers.
[edit on 3/19/2005 by eaglewingz]
Originally posted by eaglewingz
Seems like the sonic/contrail evidence I've heard about in Florida is in the coastal region. Over the Gulf of Mexico would be the place to fly a black project, not crossing over the population centers.
Originally posted by SwitchbladeNGC
Technically "Aurora" is just in the "Other Aircraft" category. It may very well be a hypersonic spy plane but not nessacarily. And what most people call Aurora probably isn't called that by the people in the project. But the description above is what I'm asking about since I know that the Congressional Budget lists Aurora something does exist.
Originally posted by NWguy83
If you go by the 'donuts on a rope' picture, Aurora would use pulse detention engines. The Air Force has said that they have so far only done runway taxi tests using pulse detention engines.