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...boomerang shape eliminates the thick fuselage and vertical tail section that reflect radar in conventional planes. Flaps, rudders, elevators and ailerons appear to have been replaced by computer controlled nozzles that guide the aircraft by directing the flow of the engine's exhaust. The engines themselves are nestled above the wings, shielding them from heat-seeking detectors on the ground. The outer skin and inner framework are cast in radar- absorbing carbon-epoxy composites. Other stealthy features might include nonreflective paint and a refrigeration system to cool and dissipate telltale exhaust fumes...
Experts point out that the Air Force drawing may be somewhat misleading. Several details, like the placement of the engine-exhaust outlets, have been deliberately masked. Others, including crew size and maximum payload, along with such flight characteristics as range, airspeed and cruising altitude, remain strictly classified. The Air Force does acknowledge, however, that the plane is going to cost more than projected. The fleet of 132 bombers, originally priced at $36.6 billion, could cost twice as much by the time it is airborne in the 1990s...
...stretch out the remainder, the PBH cabinet plans to pull only $15,000 from the account and to compensate for the decreased revenue by reducing its program grants, Truong said. He said the cabinet plans to exhaust the fund over the next two years, after which the endowment money will provide income for the association...
...alone, she is expected to prove her femininity, not her strength. Thomas might have lost even without risking the exciting jumps; Witt might have won with those risks. But Witt didn't have to try, didn't have to risk falling, didn't have to exhaust herself during her competition...
...barely regained my senses when it happened again. From out of the haze of mud dripping from my forehead and eyelids, from out of the cloud of exhaust left by the garbage truck, a car was aiming straight for my head. Maybe the driver had decided to pass another car by going over the island without seeing me, or maybe he thought I was a mud puddle, or maybe he simply wanted to hit me for the sheer sadistic pleasure, but whatever the motive, that Honda's grille left an imprint on my forehead that remains to this...