Hey asha.... is this your plane?

[BlackRider]

If, for some reason, you can't say 'yes' or 'no'... can you tell me if I'm close?

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

That's what it looks like. But I can't tell for sure. The photo is pretty grainy in certain areas.

I'm sort of inclined to say no because it looks like it's missing certain key hardware. But I can't tell for sure.

It looks more like Speckled Trout though. And the placement looks more like Speckled Trout. The plane I am on probably wouldn't sit in that particular spot for long.

Here's Speckled Trout:

http://www.edwards.af.mil/archive/2000/ ... shing.html

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Here's what it looks like (before it got painted air force gray):

http://www.edwards.af.mil/archive/2002/ ... light.html

[XMEN Iceman]

That's a B-52. I would recognize that anywhere.

He is working on a modified 747. It would bulge at the front.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Yep. A big bulge.


Anyways, if that's a B-52, which now that I think about it, that looks more like one than Speckled Trout, then it's probably a NASA plane. Air Force B-52s don't have that color scheme. Most of NASA's planes are white.

[BlackRider]

hmmmm.... what about this one? I'd figure it would be outside, but there are some pretty big hangers out there.

What about this one? The nose is kinda blurred, so I can't tell.


BTW, that compass painted in the desert is pretty cool.

*edit* but if THIS is the one, then the above isn't quite painted the same.

[XMEN Iceman]

Now that looks correct.

Good eye!

[XMEN Iceman]

This has more details on the plane:

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/mil ... 10003.html

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

The compass is redone each year. Last year NASA had lakefront offices for a few months.

That looks more like it.