Be wary of the motives of public officials, failing in their missions,
in feeding baloney to CBS News. Canard designs can't safely land on
rough, remote strips they must use. They can't evade Doppler radar,
nor infrared, nor even disturbance to cell phone tower radiating
fields. But with more of our tax money for electronic goodies, they
can increase the rate of drug interdiction from 5.0 to 5.1%, and earn
a merit pay bonus.
This not really off-topic, Al....fiberglass now "absorbs" EM
energy....gubment said so. Our internal antennas will not work!
Fred F.
Al Fuller wrote:
>
> I hope some crusading aviation hater doesn't get a twinkle in their eye
> about this one.
>
> Subject: Sonex List: Off Topic: The "Evils" of homebuilding
> A report from CBS news:
> Hiding In Plane Sight Fiberglass Plane Made From Kit Can Evade Radar
> Detection
>
> (CBS) The Velocity airplane is visible to the eye, but to America's best
> radar system it is virtually invisible. And that, says U.S. law enforcement,
> makes the near stealth Velocity a tool for smugglers.
>
> Joe Bendig, the director of U.S. Customs' state of the art radar center says
> the system has a problem finding small fiberglass aircraft like the
> Velocity.
>
> "The radar pretty much gets absorbed by the skin. The only thing we really
> pick up is the engine, which is metal," he said.
> ....
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