If you want Ben's Blue Hair Moments regarding aircraft, try this one on for size: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...orthrop_P-61_Black_Widow
This little beasty would be perfect for ferreting out stealth targets. It's original intended purpose was to be a 'night time' interceptor... this being at a time when midair engagements in the middle of the night were just about unthinkable.
And as a precursor to the BAT Lancer-class ships... THIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-58_Hustler
Slightly smaller than a Lancer, the Hustler-class is all about pure brute force, as it has double of the same engines the Blackbird-class uses. The only problem was that for optimum performance it needed an auxiliary reactor, usually carried in an external pod. Staying true to the original design, this secondary pod also doubled as a disposable bomb bay (aux reactor, pod, and all can be jettisoned and self-destructed to cover an escape).
This little beasty would be perfect for ferreting out stealth targets. It's original intended purpose was to be a 'night time' interceptor... this being at a time when midair engagements in the middle of the night were just about unthinkable.
And as a precursor to the BAT Lancer-class ships... THIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-58_Hustler
Slightly smaller than a Lancer, the Hustler-class is all about pure brute force, as it has double of the same engines the Blackbird-class uses. The only problem was that for optimum performance it needed an auxiliary reactor, usually carried in an external pod. Staying true to the original design, this secondary pod also doubled as a disposable bomb bay (aux reactor, pod, and all can be jettisoned and self-destructed to cover an escape).