Message posted by Peter Merlin on August 12, 2009 at 9:00:35 PST:

It was indeed called "the Whale" and the test team members identified themselves as "whalers." I have one of the pinback buttons that was carried on the first flight. It features a blue whale and the words "I Back Jack," in honor of John K. "Jack" Northrop

In Reply to: Re: sort of OT - Tacit Blue and avrocar (not aliens) at wright-patterson afb posted by GreatGuess on August 11, 2009 at 19:08:13 PST:

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