Welcome to the land of test where you may only see an airframe onceI saw an unusual aircraft today. Google did not help me ID the type. Sorry; no photo.
It was a single-pusher prop design with twin booms behind an ovate cabin. The wing was quite long, straight, slight taper. Aspect ratio and shape are approximated by this glider. Paint was dark gray, possibly gray-green.
On a hunch, I added Rutan as a search term. Nope.
The only 2 I can think of are these, but they are a push-pull and pull also.I saw an unusual aircraft today. Google did not help me ID the type. Sorry; no photo.
It was a single-pusher prop design with twin booms behind an ovate cabin. The wing was quite long, straight, slight taper. Aspect ratio and shape are approximated by this glider. Paint was dark gray, possibly gray-green.
Aspect ratio much too small.
Is that the hard door on their foot that they close up? I wasn’t sure, didn’t examine too closely.
Aspect ratio much too small.
Oh and I just saw a pair of -16s escorting a -130 trailing a pair of fuel drogues!
(Image shows 18s)
What were they?
No soap. But some more snooping found me the Northrop Grumman Firebird. It had several configurations. What I saw was close but no match to this. I’m guessing I saw a unique variant.
When they attach the flexible hose to a KC-135 they call it the Donkey Dick.
When they taxi it flops around like it's like it's given name, until it gets enough forward velocity and it starts to level out. The 130's can reel theirs in.
