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Northrop’s Tacit Blue was called ‘the most unstable aircraft ever flown’ — its 130 flights at Area 51 helped create the B-2 Spirit
Northrop’s Tacit Blue stealth research demonstrator made its first flight from Groom Lake — better known as Area 51 — in 1982 ...
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In 1982, Northrop’s Tacit Blue ‘Whale’ had a radar cross-section smaller than a bat — and stayed classified for 18 years
In 1982, Northrop quietly flew a stealth aircraft so radar-invisible the U.S. Air Force later said its radar cross-section ...
In 1996, the Tacit Blue technology demonstrator was revealed to the public. The airframe was highly unusual. Nicknamed “the whale” or “alien school bus,” Tacit Blue looked like, well a tissue box.
On Aug. 15, 2019 Norman “Ken” Dyson, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) and civilian test pilot most noted for his work on the “Have Blue” and “Tacit Blue” experimental stealth aircraft, died at 81. He began ...
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