>
>I need to find that and watch it. I've been to the museum at
>Wright-Patterson, and have stood next to both the SR-71 and the XB-70.
>Aircraft don't get much sexier than that.
>
>What still blows my mind, to this day, is that those starships are FIFTY
>years old. FIFTY. Look at those designs! Those are not 50-year-old-looking
>jets.
>
If you think THOSE are futuristic, take a close look at the Horten Ho 229
(aka Gotha Go 229):
http://greyfalcon.us/The%20Horten%20Ho%20229.htm
http://ww2-weapons.com/WW2/Weapons/War-Planes/Bomber-Planes/German/Go-229/Horten-Ho-229.htm
http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/horten_ho-9.php
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/hitler-s-stealth-fighter-3942/nazi-secret-weapons-2#tab-Videos/06807_00
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hitler%27s+stealth+fighter&oq=hitler%27s+stealth+fighter&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=3187l10234l0l10812l24l24l0l18l0l0l359l1000l2-1.2l3l0
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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