Boeing Bird of Prey (1996)
Advanced Technology Demonstrator
Price: $40.00 + Shipping
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Price: $40.00 + Shipping
STATUS: ON BACKORDER
About the Design
Boeing's Bird of Prey was an advanced "technology demonstrator" designed to test the latest in stealth architecture and low-maintenance airfoil designs. The one-man aircraft featured a tailless gull-wing design with the kind of recessed engine exhausts now a standard feature on stealth aircraft. Test flown between 1996 and 1999 at the Air Force's top secret Groom Lake facility in Nevada, the plane was not even revealed to the public until 2002, at which point it had already been retired. Lessons learned from the Bird of Prey are expected to be integrated into the next generation of American advanced technology fighters.
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