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Originally posted by Bobbox1980
Technically any engineer who has worked in the business of manufacturing or selling aircraft is subject to ITAR regulations. These prior restraint rules on freedom of speech seem to be unconstitutional but that has not been challenged in court. Violating them can result in heavy fines and/or jail sentences.
Furthermore any engineer working on classified projects has signed NDA's with their company and the government behind the project. Violating these NDA's pretty much means loss of job, loss of pension, inability to work in the field anymore due to being blacklisted, losing one's security clearance, huge fines and potential jail on top of the fines and jail one can get for violating ITAR.
Lastly, Jim has said that he didn't even know what the final B2 aircraft looked like until the craft was made public. Information in that industry is so compartmentalized he likely did not have a need to know about anything other than the parts he and his unit built.
The quote in my post is from that thread. It proves that government agencies monitor ATS, that's all. That thread is (I think) the longest thread on ATS. You don't have to read all 531 pages, though. I think the quote is from one of the last two pages.
Originally posted by davesidious
reply to post by butcherguy
What does that thread prove? I'm not arguing, it just looks like a thread like any other.
Originally posted by nsaeyes
which plant did you work?
second line...
You have baited me in with your question. Antigravity of course, is the answer. That is why I don't think that the B-2 is using antigravity technology. Antigravity would be able to make a disc-shaped airframe fly, and if a disc is the best stealth shape, why stick antigrav in a B-2?
Originally posted by Catalytic
ok, I'll take the bait.....
I believe Ufimtsev's mathematical treatment can be used to show that the optimum shape for avoiding radar returns is a disc......
'so how the hell do we make this disc fly??'
Originally posted by davesidious
I suggest everyone finds that book, and flushes it.
We don't need some joker called Paul LaViolette to start spewing on about Tesla, alien UFOs, and other nonsense. This is the science and technology board, not the make a bunch of stuff up and sit around going "oooh!" board.
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Uhhh, I helped build the leading edges of the wing for the first six aircraft. There's none of that crap in there and there is no way to put it in there.
Just to keep the fun going. What would power this anti-grav system that isn't there?
Originally posted by JIMC5499
No I don't know what the shape is.
Umm.. the B1 first flew in 1974, the B2 in 1989. How does the B1 replace the B2 when the B1 came first?
Originally posted by SuperSlovak
the b2 bomber is old hat. if you really want to be amazed check out the b1 lancer supersonic, its replacement.
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Also, I'm pretty sure they have tried putting nuclear reactors in jets by now. Wont have to land to refuel for 25 years, like a submarine.
Originally posted by nsaeyes
with regards to this topic: I suggest everyone find the book, "Secrets of Anti-Gravity Propulsion, Telsa, Ufos & Classified Aerospace Technology" by Dr. Paul Laviolette.
Your assumptions about the B2 are correct, and the schematics for how they did it are in the book.
Basically they ran an electric coil through the leading edge of the wings to create a positive charge -- thus electrifying the skin of the aircraft. Then, they created a negative charge back by the exhaust somewhere (been a year or so since I read the book) and the two charges together create an anti-grav field.
apparently this is also one of the reasons that ground crews are not allowed near the plane once it lands for a considerable period of time, due to the skin of the plane still holding an immense charge and ground crews getting the "shock" of their lives...
hah, I made a joke
read the book, it's extremely interesting, although a bit scientific and dry in parts if you're not that up to date on cutting edge scientific principles.