US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified

Re:US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified by rory096 on Monday October 08, 2012 @02:59PM (#4628287)

Stratolaunch (funded by Paul Allen & Burt Rutan) is partnering with SpaceX to build an air-launched Falcon 9: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems

Why would a saucer or other shape make more sense than proven fixed-wing aircraft designs?

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Re:US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified by btyrad on Monday October 08, 2012 @04:13PM (#4628561)

Thanks for the link Rory, I had to go searching a little deeper to actually find an image of the Falcon 9 Air. Pretty cool: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/12/pictures-and-information-fr...

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