#AA-2097
1/72 scale Lockheed XST Have Blue
Stepping stone of the F-117A Nighthawk
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Model Kit
Contents (click the image for larger photo)
Model Features
17 resin parts
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Span
83 mm
x
Length
149 mm
Unit price: US$88
Shipping charge: US$8
Each model kit
contents 1 sheet of decal. Extra decals can also be ordered.
Extra decal
US$0.5
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Aircraft
History and Specification
In 1975, the
USAF and DARPA initiated a XST program to study the concept of a very
low observable military aircraft. DARPA penned the requirements for the
ATA designs that was a small aircraft about the size of F-15. Northrop
and Lockheed were asked to design a prototype. In early 1977,
Lockheed won the contract for the
construction of two 60-percent scale flyable test aircrafts.
The designation XST was replaced with the
code name Have Blue. The two Have Blue aircrafts were built at Lockheed
in only a few months. The first example was intended to evaluate the
type's flying characteristics, while the second was to evaluate the
radar signature. The first flight of the Have Blue 1001 took place in
December 1977. Have Blue 1002 took to the air for the first time in July
1978 shortly after the loss of number 1001. The Have Blue prototype 1002
proved to be essentially undetectable by all airborne radars except the
Boeing E-3 AWACS. For this reason, the USAF awarded Lockheed a full
scale engineering development contact for 20 operational F-117A
Nighthawk fighter-bomber.
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Technology testbed
To
confirm the low "Radar Cross Section" signature of the plane design
22ft.6in.
38ft.
7ft.6in.
2x General Electric J85-GE-4A Jet engine
600 mph
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Model
References
The Lockheed Have Blue is
suitable to group with the following collection series.
