: New Aircraft- The pilot is a Vietnamese woman.





 


 
US Navy New Aircraft -
 
                      
           One of  the US navy  newest aircraft  on a carrier 
 
 
The plane in these pictures is still officially the 'Air
 Vehicle Number 1', a prototype, on board the USS George
 Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit checks.  Not exactly still
 Top Secret but certainly not yet made public. 
 
 It will be known as the F/A-37. Although specs are 
 classified, it is believed to be Mach 3.5 (top speed in the
 Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth
 fighter/ bomber/interceptor with approximately a 4,000nm
 range. Awesome!
 
 Check out the Navy test pilot in the cockpit of the 
 F/A-37... 1st LT Kara Wade, a Vietnamese American !!
 
 
 
  
 
 
1st Lieutenant Kara Wade, is the first female Vietnamese American US navy jet Pilot .
 
 
  
 
For the first time in over 20 some odd years, three carrier strike groups 
  got together in formation for a great photo op.  
  
 >From  top to bottom are the aircraft carriers, 
  ABRAHAM LINCOLN, KITTY HAWK,  and RONALD REAGAN.   
 
 We  even had Air Force planes fly-over, see the B-2 Stealth Bomber in the  fifth & seventh picture down. 
  The only warships not seen in the  photos are the 4 nuclear powered submarines standing guard. WOW   
 
 
 
 
  
 PACIFIC OCEAN, (June 18, 2006) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (foreground), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) (middle), USS Abraham Lincoln &n bsp;(CVN 72) and their associated carrier strike Gr oups steam in formation  while 17 aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fly over 
  them During a joint photo exercise (PHOTOEX) while preparing for  exercise Valiant Shield 2006.  
 The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group  is currently participating in Valiant Shield 2006, the largest joint  Exercise in recent history. 
  Held in the Guam operating area June  19-23, the exercise includes 28 Naval vessels including three carrier strike groups. 
  Nearly 300 aircraft and approximately 22,000 service  members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are also participating 
  in the exercise. 
  OfficialU.S. Navy photo by Chief  Photographer Mate Todd P. 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
Now this is an AIRPLANE!!! 
    
 
   
Look  at this new aircraft... 
Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the  NASA Langley Research   Center . The mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's 211 feet, and is  designed to fit within the newly created terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.  
 
The new 797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380 which has racked up 159 orders, but has not yet flown any passengers.  Boeing decide to kill its 747X stretched super jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown by air line companies, but has continued to develop the ultimate Airbus crusher 797 for years at its Phantom Works research facility in Long Beach, Calif.   
 
  The  Airbus A380 has been  in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13 billion in development  costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage now thatAirbus has committed to the older style tubular aircraft for decades to come.    
 
There  are several big  advantages to the blended wing design, the most important being the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing 50%, with overall weight reduced by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more efficient  than the A380, and making Airbus's $13 billion dollar investment look pretty shaky.  
 
 High body rigidity is another key factor in blended wing aircraft.  It reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the air frame which adds to efficiency,  giving  the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range with its 1000 passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or 654 mph (+-1046km/h) cruising speed, another advantage over the Airbus tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 mph (912  km/h).