Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 02:13AM
looks kinda jewish with a beak like that! hehehe.
gruff Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 02:50AM
Yeah. Real funny.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 03:36AM
This is the Tupolev copy of the North American XB-70 strategic bomber, which
first flew in September, 1964. Tupolev, while being one of aviations most
respected pioneers, was also known to plagiarize Western designs, like the
Boeing B-29, which they back engineered and built as the TU-4. This Tupolev copy
was the only one ever built, and now resides at a Russian air museum outside of
Moscow.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 03:38AM
21861 was me, I. OOPS
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 04:00AM
Correction, several of these were built and flown, but only one exists today.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 04:38AM
I could be Jewish, it looks pretty well beat up on..
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 08:42AM
The nose of this aircraft is a variable geometry structure, it
"droops" when taxiing, taking off, and landing to allow the pilots an
unobstructed view of the runway. When airborne, the nose straightens out and the
forward cabin windows are no longer visible.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: November 10, 2005 09:37AM
Oh yeah, and the Israeli version of this plane's nose pivots down so the pilots
can see the change someone dropped on the ground...heh heh!
