What plane is this?

nikimcbee · 01-17-10, 01:02 AM

Saw this at the museum today, it looks expensive? What is it?

SgtPotato · 01-17-10, 01:24 AM

A RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk

Dowly · 01-17-10, 10:11 AM

Looks like an giant, flying dildo.

Platapus · 01-17-10, 10:25 AM

Also from Wikipedia

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On March 21, 2001, aircraft number 982003, the third ACTD aircraft produced, set an official world endurance record for UAVs, at 30 hours, 24 minutes and 1 second, flying from Edwards. During the same flight, it set an absolute altitude record of 19,928 meters (65,380.6 ft), which was later broken by the NASA Helios Prototype (although the absolute record was broken, the Global Hawk's record still stands in its FAI class category).

On April 24, 2001 a Global Hawk flew non-stop from Edwards in the US to RAAF Base Edinburgh in Australia, making history by being the first pilotless aircraft to cross the Pacific Ocean. The flight took 22 hours, and set a world record for absolute distance flown by a UAV, 13,219.86 kilometers (8,214.44 mi).

That is some aircraft.

Torvald Von Mansee · 01-17-10, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Looks like an giant, flying dildo.

Heh. It's like a Rorshach test!!!

"What do you see?"

"I see a forest of penises!!"

"But you're looking at a photo of of puppies and kittens!!!"

Catfish · 01-17-10, 12:50 PM

Hello,
and this is its successor ?

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...c-avenger.html

And this is a UAV hit by SAM:

There go 32 millions, without developing costs ..

Greetings,
Catfish

Oberon · 01-17-10, 01:06 PM

I like the look of the X-45

Jimbuna · 01-17-10, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Looks like an giant, flying dildo.

ROFLMAO

Trust you

JSLTIGER · 01-17-10, 03:10 PM

It's a GlobalHawk UAV without its wings.

Jimbuna · 01-17-10, 03:52 PM

SteamWake · 01-17-10, 05:56 PM

Holy crap 65,000 feet

Wow is their even enough air that high to sustain flight

TarJak · 01-17-10, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Holy crap 65,000 feet

Wow is their even enough air that high to sustain flight

Sure is. The SR-71 Blackbird had a service ceiling in excess of 85,000ft.

Now that's flying high!

SgtPotato · 01-17-10, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

It's a GlobalHawk UAV without its wings.

dude, I just said that in the second post.

01-18-10, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Looks like an giant, flying dildo.

An unmanned aerial dildo!

Task Force · 01-18-10, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

An unmanned aerial dildo!

yep, I guess thats what the first enemy thought when he saw it...

Hmm, its a bird, its a plane!!! NO ITS A FLYING DILDO!!!

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Looks like an giant, flying dildo.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, and this is its successor ? http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...c-avenger.html And this is a UAV hit by SAM: There go 32 millions, without developing costs .. Greetings, Catfish

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I like the look of the X-45