Aircraft Super Thread Mk.VII

[Scyla]

11 hours ago, azrael said:

Technically they did; the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet...which they inherited when they bought McDonnell Douglas.

I was talking about the F/A-XX program: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/A-XX_program

I should be more careful with my answers on a message board full of aviation geeks. 

[Raikkonen]

When can we expect the first flight of this F-47?

[Thom]

Look like we've experienced....

16 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

When can we expect the first flight of this F-47?

I don't know, seeing as Boeing has been having a hard time just building airliners. Until I see something from a far more accredited source, it's pipe-dream. Kinda like...

[captain america]

On 3/22/2025 at 2:34 PM, electric indigo said:

That might explain the first american fighter with canards.

Hopefully it'll incorporate active flow control.

Edited Monday at 08:24 PM by captain america

[Thom]

42 minutes ago, captain america said:

Hopefully it'll incorporate active flow control.

Also keep in mind, that is an artists interpretation. Despite the word from You Know Who, there is really nothing to fly yet. 

[Chronocidal]

I really just want them to reveal that the Air Force changed their minds, and decided they actually want the YF-23 this time.  

[Thom]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I really just want them to reveal that the Air Force changed their minds, and decided they actually want the YF-23 this time.  

[505thAirborne]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I really just want them to reveal that the Air Force changed their minds, and decided they actually want the YF-23 this time.  

I forgot where I read this, but I remember seeing a comment about the YF-23 saying something like "Northrop/Mcdonnell Douglas accidently built a Gen 6th aircraft 30+ years ago." LOL

I mean seriously, redesign the rear section for "Thrust vectoring" engines, a one-piece canopy, modern day radar systems, improved RAM, perhaps a larger interior missile bay and you have yourself one vicious stealth fighter that's kind of sort of ready to go vs. this NGAD which is guaranteed to run, way over budget and perform decently. Just my opinion, yours may vary. 

[David Hingtgen]

4 hours ago, Thom said:

I don't recall the -23 being so rivet-y around the intakes...

[Thom]

6 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

I don't recall the -23 being so rivet-y around the intakes...

Quite possibly an artist's rendering, now that I think about it.

[F-ZeroOne]

US Navy may be about to select its next-generation fighter:

https://www.twz.com/air/navy-f-a-xx-stealth-fighter-selection-this-week-report

The most important thing we need to know about this one: Does it go up to... three? 😉