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re: Various Technology Topics (stealth, etc.)

Just a few notes on Lee Wallace's recent message on this list:

"Kingfisher"  wasnt any recent  "Stealth" project, its was a
classified 1960's program to air launch a small hypersonic
aircraft from under the belly of the old B-58 Hustler bomber.

Waverider isnt the name of a specific NASA project, its an aerodynamic idea
thats been around since the 1950s (at least!) ..the old XB-70 bomber
design used a limited form of it. There have been many Waverider spacecraft
and aircraft proposed over the years.. a common feature is the so called
Double-Caret wing section-i.e.  it looks like  ^^ .  I think the "prototype"
mentioned is a small sub-scale radio controlled model called "LOFLYTE"

"Q-Star" was a  Schweizer motor glider modified by Lockheed in the late 60's -
it had a muffled engine and other sound reducing technology..it was used as a
test bed for "stealthy" propeller designs into the 70s..hard to see a
connection to the mythical "Aurora" there..

K