Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!mailrus!ncar!ames!oliveb!sun!concertina!fiddler From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Is it for real? Keywords: stealth Message-ID: <80155@sun.uucp> Date: 5 Dec 88 23:42:22 GMT References: <696@sas.UUCP> <749@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> <6335@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 14 In article <6335@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Steve DeJarnett) writes: > In article <749@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> pcp2g@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Philip C. Plait) writes: > >In article <696@sas.UUCP> sasbrb@sas.UUCP (Brendan Bailey) writes: > >[stuff about a Honda commercial with Stealth bomber deleted] > > > >> Now is this real? I just can't believe that this could be the real > >>thing. Is the government ever gonna release photos of this thing and > >>if they were, would they let a car company use it for a ad? > >> Could this be a fake prototype? > > Yup. Papier Mache, or some such substance, possibly. Definitely not Steel tubing frame with sheetmetal/plywood skin. They didn't want the wings to sag and didn't have the budget to make more than one try.