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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

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The Flight That Never Was...

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Mach3DS

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What I saw was swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
 
<o:p> </o:p>Very nice shots! They make me look forward to the YF-23 Redux that MilViz seems to be contemplating.<o:p></o:p>
 
Didn't really think of it in terms of Top Secret! But that works too! Originally had in mind what if the YF23 had won the ATF.
 
Well, in one of the many possible parallel universes, the USAF would have gone for the F-23 to fly top cover alongside F-111Bs for A-9s and TSR2s.
In some of these universes, program cost and duration would have also been significantly lower than for the F-22.
 
Thanks Bjoern , I have not seen this, have to make a post at NZFF , I know many would like to see this. :encouragement:
 
If you're fans of the YF-23, I highly recommend this just released book on the YF-23 by Paul Metz, the first pilot to fly the YF-23. I've seen small drawings of the original submission with the platypus nose before, but this book has a really good drawing of it, among other designs. It also shows the drawings and the differences between the production versions based on if the P&W or GE engines had been chosen. The artwork I made of the production version turns out to have been for the P&W version (The drawings I have). This is the first time I've seen the drawing of the production version with the GE engines.
 
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