(Alternate history)
Inspired by Wes's personal fighter, The RAF decided to build a swept wing, flying wing/conventional jet recon plane. The design promised high speed and stability in flight. They could not fit the Jet engine into the wing like the meteor without weakening the structure or having to remove vital fuel tanks for range. The Fuselage was also enlarged to fit needed fuel tanks, electronics, and second crew member to operate the twin cameras in tandem behind the pilot. The designers also though the wing span and tail surfaces would be too large for the performance they desired.
Confident with the results the RAF had with test flights, the craft was sent on its maiden mission to Berlin to take pictures of possible items of interest that remained in and around the city, The mission was aborted when a squadron of Russian Yak-3 Fighters mistaken the RAF jet as a German jet and tried to bounce the jet from above. The jet avoided the attacks and quickly evaded the pursuers by gaining speed and zoom climbing into the clouds.
The picture is after the mission with the plane's speed brakes open, and a very confused/envious De Havilland Mosquito pilot looking over the plane.
Inspired by Wes's personal fighter, The RAF decided to build a swept wing, flying wing/conventional jet recon plane. The design promised high speed and stability in flight. They could not fit the Jet engine into the wing like the meteor without weakening the structure or having to remove vital fuel tanks for range. The Fuselage was also enlarged to fit needed fuel tanks, electronics, and second crew member to operate the twin cameras in tandem behind the pilot. The designers also though the wing span and tail surfaces would be too large for the performance they desired.
Confident with the results the RAF had with test flights, the craft was sent on its maiden mission to Berlin to take pictures of possible items of interest that remained in and around the city, The mission was aborted when a squadron of Russian Yak-3 Fighters mistaken the RAF jet as a German jet and tried to bounce the jet from above. The jet avoided the attacks and quickly evaded the pursuers by gaining speed and zoom climbing into the clouds.
The picture is after the mission with the plane's speed brakes open, and a very confused/envious De Havilland Mosquito pilot looking over the plane.
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To be honest, i wasn't thinking of the B-1B when I made it, I based the engines off a variant of AR-234, and i just tried to enlarge the fuselage while keeping it pretty, but now looking at it, I am surprised the resemblance didn't thwack me right in the face like a artillery shell while i was checking for possible errors (computer does glitch from time to time and does odd things to my art on me)
And thank you!
And thank you!
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