B-2 Porn

With Northrop wining the LRSB competition, Northrop is flying pretty high right now and this video they release today of B-2 glamour shots proves that.



Best viewed on a big screen with the volume all the way up.

....and for those that are going to ask, no it doesn't break the sound barrier at the :20 sec mark.

a reply to: Sammamishman

Pretty shots of the aft fuselage. Too bad they made damn sure everything was retracted.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Yup. More NG tease.

a reply to: Sammamishman

I love the B2 because it look so damn alien compared to anything else in modern aviation!

a reply to: Vector99

Wait a few years, you'll see some stuff that will give it a run for its money in that category.

originally posted by: Sammamishman
With Northrop wining the LRSB competition, Northrop is flying pretty high right now and this video they release today of B-2 glamour shots proves that.

Best viewed on a big screen with the volume all the way up.

....and for those that are going to ask, no it doesn't break the sound barrier at the :20 sec mark.

Epic music, a Beautifully dangerous predator in flight..... Just epic!

a reply to: Sammamishman

I can only imagine how stealthy that thing is at night.

You'd never knew it was there until it was long gone.

a reply to: Zaphod58
The B-2 really is one fantastic piece of engineering

a reply to: grey580

Smoking craters are it's calling card.

a reply to: grey580

I've had them go over about 500 feet, and didn't hear them until they were passing by me, in daylight.

a reply to: nelloh62

And one of the things that made me laugh my ass off is that they put a special tape along the rivet lines. It looks like duct tape.

a reply to: Zaphod58

That's amazing and terrifying all at once.

wow.

originally posted by: Sammamishman
With Northrop wining the LRSB competition, Northrop is flying pretty high right now and this video they release today of B-2 glamour shots proves that.

Best viewed on a big screen with the volume all the way up.

....and for those that are going to ask, no it doesn't break the sound barrier at the :20 sec mark.

Now we know what Peter Jackson is up to these days.

originally posted by: BrianFlanders


Now we know what Peter Jackson is up to these days.

Actually:



Fast forward to 3:20




On topic: This is an amazing piece of engineering. I struggle with this because it is a purveyor of death and destruction and that sickens me while at the same time I am impressed.

Would anyone know what they were seeing in the aft even if they left it the video?

"Oh there's some kind of different colored patch or something there...Hm, that could do a bunch of things...."

I mean, it's not like there's some painted on lettering, "HERE IS SECRET ANTI-CONTRAIL DEVICE"

When people don't even know the extent of a platform's capabilities, what good is hiding stuff that no one knows what it does? It only seems to me that it makes people scrutinize and seek out photos of the area more.

Dude, hiding in plain sight sometimes works way, way better.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vector99

Wait a few years, you'll see some stuff that will give it a run for its money in that category.

Considering the B2 was started in the late 70's I don't doubt that for one second

a reply to: MystikMushroom

The equipment in question isn't "a different colored patch", it's blatantly obvious that it's something interesting. They're not worried about the people that don't know what they're looking at, as they aren't the only ones that are watching these videos. It's the people that do know that they worry about seeing those parts. They also aren't hiding in plain sight, as everything is retracted, so there's nothing to see.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Communication antennas maybe?

Maybe for satellite communication?

a reply to: grey580

There are several things on the aft fuselage that they don't want seen. When they park the aircraft they have to keep the aft fuselage hidden for 10-15 minutes to ensure that everything is retracted, and hidden before they can move it to where people can see it. When they'd come in to Hickam they'd put it under the ground control tower, with the aft fuselage pointing at the blast deflector, so you couldn't see anything, then when it was secure, they'd move to where they are going to park while they're there.

a reply to: Sammamishman

Thought provoking