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    New B-21

    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    Indeed!...I'm glad to know it's finally airborne......Ben
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    OK Boss---with no apparent tail/rudder how do they make a turn----flaps?
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    OK Boss---with no apparent tail/rudder how do they make a turn----flaps?
    Yes...And controlled by a very sophisticated computer...Not something I would want to be the test subject for...Check with me next century......Ben
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    I'm sure it is like flying a very large computer

    I'll have to find out what my SIL has to say about this.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    The B-21 is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years, and is one of six under production, according to the Air Force. The Air Force previously reported it expects to eventually have at least 100 of the new bombers.
    - USA Today

    Super cool. No prices, which are probably much higher than its cruising altitude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    OK Boss---with no apparent tail/rudder how do they make a turn----flaps?
    Ailerons....

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    Not sure I fully understand yet:

    Ailerons are a primary flight control surface which control movement about the longitudinal axis of an aircraft. This movement is referred to as "roll". The ailerons are attached to the outboard trailing edge of each wing and, when a manual or autopilot control input is made, move in opposite directions from one another. In some large aircraft, two ailerons are mounted on each wing. In this configuration, both ailerons on each wing are active during slow speed flight. However, at higher speed, the outboard aileron is locked and only the inboard or high speed aileron is functional.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    All I know about planes is that they are supposed to fly. It's the landings one worries about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    A It's the landings one worries about.

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    Hmmm... referencing skydiving I assume. I watched comfortably from the ground as Wifey did it. That's as close as I'll get.

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