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FA-37 New Stealth Fighter Air Craft Jet
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Making the rounds to an Email box near you! I just got it and found out that this has been circulating for some time. Below are photographs of a prototype aircraft known as the Talon. Reportedly it was taken onboard the USS George Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit checks. It noted that it was not exactly still Top Secret but certainly not yet made public.
FA-37 Talon Movie Prop
The specs that were known were list to be a Mach 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth fighter / bomber / interceptor with approximately a 4,000nm range.
FA-37 Talon Concept Drawings
At first I fell for it too, but after checking around this wasn’t the case. I seldom believe anything on the internet for face value and have to do a lot of checking around to verify facts and then draw my own conclusion. Blogs are unfortunately known to be operated by nuts (maybe me too!).
These photographs are not images of a prototype F/A-37 “Talon” aircraft being tested aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, but pictures taken from the filming of the motion picture Stealth (which wasn’t that good and had numerous incorrect features).
Although these pictures come from a fictional movie, they were taken aboard a real U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was used for filming while the vessel was at San Diego’s Naval Air Station North Island in June 2004.
USS Abraham Public Affairs Press Release
But last week something happened aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) that made every Sailor stand up and take notice throughout the ship.
Departing Naval Air Station North Island after an all too brief stop-over, Lincoln welcomed aboard more than 80 new faces, a 53-foot long futuristic stealth fighter named “Talon,” and the Navy’s top three “special operations pilots.”
No, this was not a top-secret Navy experiment; rather it was the cast and crew of the upcoming major motion picture, “Stealth.” The new addition to Abe’s crew came aboard courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Backbreaker Films, and features Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx and Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard.
Cast Of Movie Stealth
The film is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005, and is directed by Rob Cohen, who also directed the films “XXX,” and “The Fast and The Furious.” He said “Stealth” is on a different level than his past work.
“Filming a major Hollywood movie during flight (operations) is a very tricky and different thing,” said Cohen. “This is real life out here, and it’s amazing that the Navy is allowing us to be here and bring our own aircraft on the ship.”
Cohen also acknowledged the Navy for allowing the current movie to see the light of day. “I’m very grateful to the Navy for this. The Navy passed every page of the script, so they feel good about it, and I feel good about what this film will say about the Navy.”
In the film, Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of the “Talon,” but when one of the planes begins attacking friendly forces, Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial intelligence.
Although the plot may sound far-fetched to some, Cohen found out first hand that filming aboard Lincoln is very real.
“I have a deeper appreciation for what (the crew) does on the Lincoln,” Cohen said. After spending his first night aboard the warship, Cohen had a startling experience that awoke him from a sound sleep. “They primed the catapults about 2:00 in the morning, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, we’ve been torpedoed!’ I jumped so high out of my bunk that I hit my head on the shelf.”
Adjusting to life on the 97,000-ton carrier also proved to be difficult for some of the cast.
“I’ve been lost every day,” actress Jessica Biel said. “I still can’t get to my room. I have to ask people all of the time just to help me find the bathroom, but it’s been incredible how helpful everyone has been.”
Biel, who plays Lt. Kara Wade, the only female pilot in the stealth squadron, also expressed her appreciation for the hard work of Abe’s crew. “You really have no idea how hard everybody works until you come on to a carrier,” Biel said. “The teamwork on this ship is absolutely amazing.”
Teamwork seemed to be the word of the week, as both the movie and ship’s crews worked together to complete the ship’s mission and lend a hand in the production.
Abe Sailors were given numerous opportunities throughout the week to be extras in the film, and share the spotlight with the Hollywood lineup. Donning float coats and cranials, the Sailors, producers and actors looked alike on the flight deck as the cameras rolled.
“In my 16 years in the Navy, this is one of the top things I’ve done,” said AO1(AW) Anthony Whetstone, of Abe’s Safety Department.
Whetstone, an Alexander City, Ala. native, was an extra with a speaking role during one of the production’s night scenes, and was grateful to have such an opportunity. “Nothing like this has ever happened to me before.”
Actor Jamie Foxx, who plays the role of Lt. Henry Purcell, said Abe’s crew was a big help during the filming and commented on their hard work. “This really changes your perspective on things, when you get a chance to see from the ground up how hard these men and women work,” he said.
“The crew was really down to Earth,” Whetstone said.
“I was surprised to find out that they were just like us.” Whetstone’s thoughts seemed to be echoed by Abe’s crew throughout the week. Meanwhile, the film crew couldn’t seem to give enough praise to Lincoln Sailors.
“Thank God for these decent people that are on this ship doing the job they do,” Cohen said. “I have a deep appreciation for Sailors and what (they) do for people like me who live in the freedom you secure.”
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is the jets really used in real life?
jeremy c.
warren MICHIGAN
The jet is not really flown. I am sure there are other classified aircraft that we are not aware of, but this one is just a prop.
Is there anywhere i can get any more plans of the FA-37 Telon so i can finish building the model of it?????
These are the only pictures I know about, but if I find any more I will be sure to upload them.
I highly doubt its real, Just some rumour spreed around.
These photos are from a Hollywood movie. This is not a real airplane.
bet yall that ther r hundreds of faster crafts bein tested for war
cuse wen can we trust the gov. to not keep us in the dark
i wish it was real
Far out u Americans are so annoying, never say u have a super-aircraft if u dont actually have it!!!P.S. I liv in NZ!
Most likely this isnt real, however they could put this into production it is an ok plane but it still would have to find its spot
i love to see fighter jets specially the new once like stealth, i wish this was real
The computer game Empire Earth features a flying unit called ‘Talon’, and its shape is very similar to the pics shown above.
Maybe I will be able to see one of the Talons in action during my up coming years in the United States Air Force.
the F/A-37 is a real aircraft that I think is classified but it is a little diffrent
Well, since the military can’t have 2 different systems sharing the same name it should’ve been immediately apparent that this was a hoax. The “Talon” name has belonged to the T-38 since 1959.
is the fA 37 talon available only for the military ?
Okay. Look. Rich, Tadz, Bill Duke, and Jerry are smart. I agree with the lot of you that it would be cool, but that’s as far as it goes. I mean look at the wings while they are folded up. The controll surfaces are facing forward. It would be extremely hard to controll the aircraft especially since there is no way to control they yaw. I know the B-2 has no virticle stabilizers but it does have double-flapped alerons that open and cause that half of the plane to slow, there fore turning it. And yes Marco, the F/A-37 Talon is only avialiable to the military and NASA.
I agree with Bradley McGee. One thing about us Americans is that we beleive everything and run on and off with anything. It is only obvious that the FA 37 is only available to the military and NASA. Although the design is fantastic, the foldable wings can prove faulty. It sould be extremely difficult to control and if it does it would be to slow to even manuever around tracers. and the onlyu craft’s known in the world to not have virtcal stabilizers is the German stealth craft and the American B 2.
Thank you, Xanchollar. However, I was bored one day and started to do some random research on the military using folding-wing aircraft. I have found a startiling and, truth be told, rather comedic experimental aircraft. It’s fusilage resembeled that of the Starfighter except the wing was above the aircraft. And it rotated instead of foleded into two parts. I forgot what it was called…
It seemed quite interesting.
@Bradley McGee
the plane you refer too is called the scissorwing
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949473,00.html
the plane in the shots is from the film “Stealth”, it isn’t real in the sense that it’s a flying aircraft, just a prop.
There is a plane, called the Switchblade or Bird of Prey, that has a very similar look with wings that move to three different positions for different functions. Straight out for bombing, swept forward for maneuverability, and fully forward tucked at the sides for speeds up to Mach 3.
its actually an expensive tax payer plane but lets be honest the design isnt all that appealing
Computers can fix the stability problems. The F-16 is a prime example. If it wasn’t for the computers, the aircraft would roll and crash. It’s amazing what computers can do. It could solve this planes problems, if it were to be created
Too ture, Stephen. You are right, but the control surfaces are on the opposite side so it would prove extremely difficult to control. Again yaw control would prove most interesting…
Thanks, budget. That is the plane I was thinking of. Yes, it is an odd little bugger.
Funny how strange things solve problems.
the f37 was made just for the movie. it cant exist.
their might be an aircraft related, but the whole talon idea dosent work out.
I can confirm that tests on this type of craft are undergoing and that a prototype has taken to the air.
I am using a false ID but work in the USAF
IS THE PLANE BECAME REAL IN MILITRY
Like Wade Blair said, they are doing tests on it… so obviously it is.
As everyone should know by now, the FA-37 will be a real item. Google & see Project Aurora.
Really now? Project Aurora is about a high-speed, low altitude stealth bomber, not a single-pilot stealth fighter.
At least, last time I checked…