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Well, this is interesting, right, because FERPA, the federal law in question, is pretty goddamn strict, but UVA found a way to tell Erdely that they believed one claim she was asking about was not true. So I can't help but wonder how things would've looked different if she'd asked directly about Jackie. (Again, as I…
I would be very interested to see what a crowd-sourced bible would look like.
Ah, that makes sense. Just like when you plug a power strip back into itself.
I heard the Northrop/McD-D team wasn't as convincing with their demonstrations, though. The YF-22 was performing live weapons tests, which the YF-23 apparently could not for whatever reason.
Fair enough.
I just wanted to point out that it wasn't an aerodynamic issue, as one would assume looking at the picture, but a materials issue. I wouldn't count them out just yet either, there is serious merit behind the idea, it just needs some better composites to come along. Not that far fetched imo.
Speed isn't an issue with FSWs, in fact they produce more lift and less drag than a conventionally swept wing of roughly the same size. The forward sweep deflects air towards the fuselage, so it has to travel over the wing and over the body itself, which can be shaped to produce additional lift. This inward flow also…
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