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What Northrup did come up with is given the aircrafts 20% reduction in radar cross section, at 50 feet off the deck coming across the channel at 600 knots, that by the time the English spotted it they had no more than 8 minutes to get something in the air to - try - to intercept.Given the fact...

I thought as part of Northrup's research they were allowed access to the sole survivor - taking information directly from the prototype including a small sample of the coating on the leading edge of the wings - which is how they got the info to try to replicate it..

1000KMH no piston engined aircraft would've been able to intercept - true you would'nt be at full power all the time - What is 1000 KMH 650 mph roughly ? Ok so you're at 600 mph - Yes i think the show stated it had 20% less of a radar signature compared to a regular aircraft - that combined...

That was one of the main aspects of the show was to look into that question - what they came up with if i remember it correctly were the tests were inconclusive on the coating - that any stealth properties that had been achieved whether or not they were intentional or not was mainly due to the...

Lol man religion has nothing to do with it - I guess it was Northrop that built the replica and then tested it on their pole/radar range out in the desert and those were their results -

All i'm saying is keep an open mind and see their test results

It does'nt perpetuate a myth - I think it was Lockheed that did the build put it on their pole out in the desert and painted it with the same frequencies as the English used in Chain Home Radar and the results are what they came up with -

The show did come up with that the model did produce a reduced signature - i think it was 20% less than a conventional fighter of the time - mostly due to the reduced frontal area.I think they also stated the results of the coating was inconclusive whether or not it did actually absorb radar -...

The NatGeo special was/is titled " Hitlers Stealth fighter " It is a nonflying full scale replica that is hanging in the San Diego Museum of Space and Flight - One of the main points in the show was to test its radar signature with the same frequencies as English Chain Home Radar that was...

Yes it is i was there in 2018 and it was on display in relatively the same condition its been in for a very long time - They say waiting restoration -

Thats Hans Joachim Marseilles - In North Africa.The highest scoring German pilot in the west with 152 confirmed victories - all against the western allies.He was killed while flying a replacement ME 109 G2.In bailing out he hit the vertical fin and was knocked unconscious and fell to his death...

Plate 20 is not the Graf Spee - Deutschland Class PanzerSchiff - but not Graf Spee.Spee had the " pagoda " style superstructure the ship in the photo does not - Too bad the recovery effort petered out that would've been amazing although i think the ship now is probably too deteriorated and...

IMO A capable pilot works wonders - everything being equal - the advantages the zero possessed were at the expense of armor protection,self sealing gas tanks,and making everything as featherweight as possible - this is what made it a good nimble dogfighter - the light weight also enabled the...

I also think it would depend on whether the 262 slowed to get more of an aim or dove in at speed again it would'nt take many 30mm cannon round hits i'd imagine to bring down an aircraft as robust as the 17 - same way most the 262's were shot down either on take off or landing when they were at...

When you look at the comparative destruction caused by the 30mm cannon round with 4 MK108'S in the nose as long as the Meteor did'nt get the jump on the 262 i'd tend to go with the 262 - I believe it was Galland her stated that the ideal would be to have the 262's engage the escorts with the...