Northrop TACIT BLUE

Scott Kenny said:
Bet those were pucker-inducing for the first few times...
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I flew in the Pico motion-based flight simulator (total, probably 8 or 9 times for various things, full motion) for some low-altitude, bombing mission work with one of our Northrop test pilots, the late (RIP) Kent Crenshaw. The B-2 kind of "skips" in a manner when down on the deck in gust and turbulence conditions. The GLAS and the inboard elevons are quite powerful and responsive with the 4000 psi hydro system. The GLAS and all of the elevons contribute to alleviating as much fatigue loading as possible. Really, the GLAS is meant to cancel out the first wing bending node.
 
I took a few pics last week. Here are a few out of the ordinary. The plane is two tone gray. Not sure if it was always like that or that happened when they got it ready for the museum.
 

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eflight said:
I took a few pics last week. Here are a few out of the ordinary. The plane is two tone gray. Not sure if it was always like that or that happened when they got it ready for the museum.
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Great pics! Going to assume the lighter grey section on the left side is the part that once housed the radar. Looks like a rather rough job.
 
My guess is some kind of patch job after the radar "window" was removed. Both sides of the plane were two tone like that. The triangle looking thing is a pic of the nose from below, its as far as I could get the camera on the floor past the visitor rope.
 

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