shuttle launch with f22 picture

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[TruckDriver]

WOW! That is one cool picture!!!

[Rolling_Thunder]

YF-23 > F-22

Still a very cool picture though   

[AKcharger]

I think Rolling is saying the YF 23 is better...we'll never really know for sure but the F-22 is an exceptional plane

Picture looks authentic but why in the world would it be flyng inside the launh exclusion zone? Even if it was on a Combat Air Patrol (CAP) or Noble Eagle mission it would have been out farther...neat picture though

AK

[Charger_Fan]

I wonder if they hooked a hard right just after that shot was taken? Pretty cool shot.

[400/6/PAC]

Thats a cool pic.
Thanks for posting.

[69_500]

Very nice photo. Although makes me wonder if its really 2 photo's put together as 1 though. One photo of the shuttle launch, and then another of the F22 in the same general location, possibly days/hours earlier.

[Mike DC]

The composition in the picture looks like some seriously compressed depth.  The fact that the shuttle launch and the plane are both in any kind of focus at the same time is pretty incredible. 

 

[triple_green]

Contractor Northrop / McDonnell Douglas 
Mission Competitor, along with YF-22, in the ATF competition 
Length 67 feet, 5 inches (20.6 meters) 
Wing span 43 feet, 7 inches (13.3 meters) 
Height 13 feet, 11 inches (4.3 meters) 
Maximum takeoff weight 64,000 pounds (29,029 kilograms) 
Propulsion 2 Pratt and Whitney YF119 turbofan engines, or
2 General Electric YF120 turbofan engines 
Speed Mach 2 
Range 865-920 miles (750-800 nautical miles) unrefuelled 
-Armament 4 AIM-9 Sidewinder - internal bays in engine intake duct sides
4 AIM-120 AMRAAM - internal bays underneath air intakes 
Crew One 
Unit Cost Unknown 
Inventory Two:  1 on display at Western Museum of Flight, in Hawthorne, California

          1 on display at USAF Museum USAF Test Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base, California

Two YF-23 prototypes were designed and built by the contractor team of Northrop and McDonnell Douglas as part of the demonstration and evaluation phase of the US Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter selection program, which concluded in 1990. According to the Air Force, factors in the selection for production of the F-22 were a better designed for maintainability, greater potential for future development, and slightly lower cost. A popular view is that the decision reflected a preference for maneuverability over stealth, and it is universally held that the YF-23 was by far the better looking aircraft.
During the ATF program, one YF-23 was powered by twin Pratt and Whitney YF119 turbofan engines, while two General Electric YF120 turbofan engines were installed in the other prototype. Featuring a diamond-shaped planform, two large, sharply-canted ruddervators, and a serrated aft profile, the high performance aircraft was larger than the F-15 it was designed to replace. The YF-23 employed stealth characteristics and was capable of supersonic cruise flight without afterburner.

[Rolling_Thunder]

YF-23 does look better...         

[twenty mike mike]

Look at the shadows from the F-22's tails. This ain't rocket science! 

[Brock Samson]

amazing vid of the f-22 in a demo air show flight, amazingly tossable and graceful it looks easy too,.. can't wait for the blue angels to upgrade...
                             http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?token=d19_1178839588

                             http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?token=d0c_1172252861   includs. wepons testing etc.

              make note of the liveleak site as well...

enjoy 

[Todd Wilson]

Heres more shuttle pix.........


http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm


Todd

[Rolling_Thunder]

amazing vid of the f-22 in a demo air show flight, amazingly tossable and graceful it looks easy too,.. can't wait for the blue angels to upgrade...
                             http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?token=d19_1178839588

                             http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?token=d0c_1172252861   includs. wepons testing etc.

              make note of the liveleak site as well...

enjoy 

Blue Angels only fly Navy aircraft...    isn't the F-22 Air Force ?  making it the Thunderbird's future?