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It was a heavily classified project, as evidenced by the enclosure to hide its shape. I don't think they would want to be flying it out of Burbank in plain view
by LoganCale 13y ago
It was a heavily classified project, as evidenced by the enclosure to hide its shape. I don't think they would want to be flying it out of Burbank in plain view of everyone. Additionally, its first test flight occurred at Area 51, after this move, which is an ideal location for testing such things. Test flights near a city are probably not a good idea.
- kpao 13y agoI also doubt they would have long enough runways in Burbank to take off with that beast.
- mds 13y agoBurbank is actually somewhat infamous for having one of the shortest runways in the US used by full sized jets.
- noonespecial 13y agoAll they have to do is issue a press release saying that it most definitely was not a UFO and the rest will take care of itself.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoHad this been a few years later, they could've transported it via helicopter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-12
- ChuckMcM 13y agoPerhaps, but then this Russian helicopter, which the US didn't learn about until much much later, would have taken it home to Mother Russia :-)