B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber (ATB) in mass culture, kits, art and advertising before unveiling

[fightingirish]

Popular Science - Febr. 1983 at Google books

 

[seruriermarshal]

Please ID the aircraft

 

[Stargazer]

My first impression would be "movie prop"...

 

[Kryptid]

Looks like it's Honda's interpretation of the B-2: http://thatconflict.com/planes-aviation-videos-images/honda-stealth-bomber/#!prettyPhoto

 

[hesham]

Hi Sryptid,


it is it,but from anther angle.

 

[Rickshaw]

What is the "Honda Stealth Bomber"?

 

[Stargazer]

What is the "Honda Stealth Bomber"?

At the time when the B-2 had not yet been rolled-out, and the drawings published were at best tentative, Honda thought it was cool to promote its new CRX Si model by using a stealth bomber at sunset in the commercial...

 

[Rickshaw]

Obviously only shown on US TV. Interesting how close they came to the real design. Are there any pictures of it from above, showing the wing design? Seems to me that the only major difference is the engine locations, further outboard than on the real aircraft and of course the landing gear...

 

[fightingirish]

As it was just mentioned in the What-if-forum, there was also a mixed media kit "B-2 Stealth Bomber" from a company called Model Technologies (never heard her before and later again)
Cheers, Deino

An add from an old magazine.

 

[Grey Havoc]

The original ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M40uSxC6_1k
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?235334

A bit of background: http://jalopnik.com/how-honda-revealed-the-governments-top-secret-stealth-666462873

 

[Stargazer]

The original ad

Thanks a lot for this!

 

[hesham]

From Flugzeug 1/1987,


here is the B-2 stealth bomber artist impressed drawing.

 

[sferrin]

From Flugzeug 1/1987,


here is the B-2 stealth bomber artist impressed drawing.

That's looks like a Bill Gunston design. Here are a couple others.

 

[hesham]

That's right my dear Sferrin.

 

[hesham]

I found this in Paralay site,I think it was an early artist impressed
from Russian magazine for B-2;


http://paralay.net/b2.html

The Russian source for picture,the magazine Kryl'ya Rodine 09/1985.

 

[Arjen]

Two years ago, in this same thread, flateric provided the source of that picture: message #114

 

[hesham]

Yes my dear Arjen,


I speak about Russian source.

 

[famvburg]

And as stated in the caption, it is of the Revell 1/72 model released in 1987 -88 timeframe.

 

[flateric]

what caption?

 

[Arjen]

Yes my dear Arjen,


I speak about Russian source.

The Kryl'ya Rodine 09/1985 issue appeared after the Popular Science issue. Kryl'ya Rodine, as noted before by flateric, copied the image from PS.

PopSci, Feb 1983
Soviet magazines never were humble while grabbing stuff from Western editions
literally, 'Krilya Rodiny' picture caption in Russian clearly says that 'This is how stealth bomber is imagined by Popular Science magazine'

I admit, I'm slightly mystified by the turn this thread is taking. Hesham, why did you post the Kryl'ya Rodine copy again?

 

[Arjen]

what caption?

This image's caption, I presume.

 

[hesham]

Hesham, why did you post the Kryl'ya Rodine copy again?

My dear Arjen,to explain the source.

 

[flateric]

This image's caption, I presume.

Well, err...truly speaking, Flug Revue is somewhat mistaken here because Revell kit has many differences, like inlet position to start with. Anyway, always nice to have another add on to collection. It seems to be another take of Flug Revue artist based on Sweetman/Badrocke concept.

 

[hesham]

From Kryl'ya Rodine 9/1987,


here is artist drawing to ATB,taken from Western magazines.

 

[sferrin]

From Kryl'ya Rodine 9/1987,


here is artist drawing to ATB,taken from Western magazines.

Bill Gunston.

 

[hesham]

Bill Gunston.

Yes my dear Sferrin.

 

[hesham]

Hi,


http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=G-MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71&dq=popular+mechanics+flying-wing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WAH_U6XKJ6mc0AWf4YGYDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=popular%20mechanics%20flying-wing&f=true

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

I read that issue when I was a kid. Thank you Hesh! Takes me back.

 

[fightingirish]

Cutaways god Mike Badrocke's and Bill Sweetman's collective impressions of a 'stealth bomber. It was 1986 on the backyard.
(Bill Sweetman 'Stealth Aircraft: Secrets of Future Airpower', Motorbooks International, 1986) Note that PopSci ilustrations above are based on these ones.

Source: Bill Sweetman 'Stealth Aircraft: Secrets of Future Airpower', Motorbooks International, 1986, page 80 & 81

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a Grumman advanced hypothetical stealth bomber.

Aircraft 2000, Bill Sweetman

 

[KHambsch]

All hell broke loose in Washington DC when this aired:

View: https://youtu.be/eJfYikAEARk

Seems the government wasn't quite ready to spill the beans entirely....although a stealth bomber was rumored at that time. Kevin

 

[archipeppe]

From Kryl'ya Rodine 9/1987,


here is artist drawing to ATB,taken from Western magazines.

The very same cutaway appeared in the Italian magazine "Volare", November 1986 issue.

 

[hesham]

My dear Archipeppe,

if it is more clearer,please send it.

 

[archipeppe]

My dear Archipeppe,

if it is more clearer,please send it.

Ok here it is...

 

[merriman]

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1986

 

[elmayerle]

With all that's been posted here, I am surprised that no one has posted the illustrations from a National Geographic article from, IIRC, 1982 that depicted the B-2 as being rather more curvier, resembling an enlarged development of Testor's F-19. I'm going to have to see if I can find where my copy of that issue went.

 

[Antonio]

With all that's been posted here, I am surprised that no one has posted the illustrations from a National Geographic article from, IIRC, 1982 that depicted the B-2 as being rather more curvier, resembling an enlarged development of Testor's F-19. I'm going to have to see if I can find where my copy of that issue went.

That one?

 

[elmayerle]

With all that's been posted here, I am surprised that no one has posted the illustrations from a National Geographic article from, IIRC, 1982 that depicted the B-2 as being rather more curvier, resembling an enlarged development of Testor's F-19. I'm going to have to see if I can find where my copy of that issue went.

That one?

Yes, but the drawing had other stealth aircraft concepts, too.

 

[flateric]

I will move ATB public culture art/advertising stuff to dedicated topic soon.