Message posted by wolfbane on April 06, 2003 at 20:30:56 PST:
Andreas" Well, smiles ((())). No, not quite "QX-71." Though I have seen the "designation "X-151." What the hell that means is anyone's guess. Sometimes even after a program is cancelled, examples of the bird still flies. The real operational F-117B was just getting underway as the production run of the F-117A was ending. Sometimes even when one contractror is teamed with another contractor for an aircraft for the same type of mission, the main PS: Wolfbane
contractor can go it alone and compete for the contract.
From an inside Skunk Works sources (previous employee), which reported the designation "XR-71" for one the programs at Groom.
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In Reply to: Re: Well, if not, then what? posted by Andreas Parsch on April 06, 2003 at 11:17:06 PST:
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