Classic British Flight Sim

The Gobberment. Looks For a very,very long range plane
Like , about...... five years!
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9721302-7.html

stupid is as stupid does... again

one of those things that should never be built
even if they can get one to stay aloft that long






tread lightly trott :huf:

Tread lightly about what? DARPA's job is to explore the seemingly ridiculous. If you had any idea some of the stuff that's now "normal" that started from a DARPA program, you'd be floored. As for airplanes that stay aloft for long durations, NASA was in the process of doing just what DARPA is looking for with the Pathfinder and are hoping to extend that with the Pathfinder Plus. NASA had Pathfinder aloft for several weeks before it flew into a storm and was destroyed.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/hist ... inder.html

BTW - Pathfinder and Pathfinder Plus were both built by AeroVenture, one of the companies mentioned in the article.