“Invisible” Aircraft (Stealth: The Early Years)

[Magman]

The General Electric Schenectady Flight Test Center conducted stealth research in the

1950’s. Aircraft used was the Lockheed Vega of wood construction.

Brass tipping on the wood prop was removed, non pigmented paint and

fibreglass tanks instead of metal were evaluated.

The tests involved nearby Griffins AFB in Rome NY.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

there was two Romanian designers invented two invisible airplanes,they were Mr, Dimitrescu and Mr. Stanescu,does anyone know anything about them ?.

Even in this site,they spoke about Mihaela Stanescu ?,

Teroarea nevazuta: B-2 Stealth

Cum ascunzi un avion nu numai de ochii iscoditori, dar si de aparatura de detectie? Nu e vorba sa-l ascunzi intr-un hangar; asta poate oricine. Cum il “ascunzi” in timp ce zboara? Cum faci ca in loc de o uriasa masinarie zburatoare incarcata cu bombe, cei care il cauta sa aiba impresia ca prin...

www.descopera.ro

 

[hesham]

In Flieger Revue Extra 104,

Bartini designed an invisible airplane in 1935/36 ?.

 

[avion ancien]

Why are there so few photographs of truly invisible aircraft?

 

[publiusr]

Wonder Woman kept telling Hefner “no.”

 

[MarkV]

I think I can at least cast some doubt on the debunking. In September 1944, Professor Dr Kurt Krüger, director of the Institut für Luftfahrtgeräte der Technischen Akademie der Luftwaffe at Berlin-Gatow and the Messtechnisches Institut, Königshofen im Grabfeld, produced a report entitled Reflexion elektromagnetischer Wellen an Flugzeugbaustoffen - Reflection of electromagnetic waves on aircraft building materials.

Hello,

There seems to be a copy of this report in the Bundesarchiv, but it does not appear to be available online. Here is a link to its catalog entry:

bundesarchiv

Does anyone have a copy of this report or know where an easily accessible copy might be found?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[edwest4]

Thank you Mark. That was most helpful.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Hi

 

[Stargazer]

Why are there so few photographs of truly invisible aircraft?

Ah, good question, my friend...

 

[publiusr]

And to keep them extra secret--all inflight refueling booms are operated by the blind.