B-2: Spirit of New York at Edwards

[Matt308]

Great pictures of the B-2 and good commentary. Enjoy.

B-2 Spirit

 

[comiso90]

Perhaps it will soon do a tour of Iran!

I was flying from Fresno to L.A. a few years ago in a private plane and a B-2 passed a couple thousand feet below us near the Edwards area...

very cool! Not an angle everybody gets to see.

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[Matt308]

I too was on a flight test over Oklahoma years back and happened to look out a side window and caught a short glimpse of a B-2 tanking with a KC-135 below us through the clouds. Probably a once in a lifetime that one.

 

[comiso90]

Soon after the B-2's introduction, I heard of problems of the skin buckling and warping when exposed to moisture, thus compromising the stealth radar signature...

has anyone else heard of those issues?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Soon after the B-2's introduction, I heard of problems of the skin buckling and warping when exposed to moisture, thus compromising the stealth radar signature...

has anyone else heard of those issues?

I worked on the first 7 - never heard such thing although I do know there was continual maintenance activities to maintain the skin.

 

[DBII]

Great shot with the B-52.

DBII

 

[Aggie08]

That guy has top-knotch pics. Everything else on his site is worth looking through.

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent pics!