From: nc@nocrap.com
"krackula >" < wrote in message
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>>I haven't heard any such rumors. To fly over commercial airspace with
>>minimal ATC interference, you need to be above 60kft.
>
> the two times I've heard it, it seemed to be extremely high in alt
> and the guys over in the valley said the same thing. the spiral con
> trail aircraft are usually so high , people have to use large
> telescopes to look for them.
>
>
> Still, there is
>>high altitude ATC on the usual freqs. I'm always skeptical of reports
>>of military testing that isn't over MOAs or SUA.
>
> I think they said it was just traveling overhead , out to the ocean.
> probably the testing / training taking place out there . many dozens
> of military flights from inland ( fallon , colorado springs ..? )
> out to the ocean training and testing ranges and back , through the
> corridor I mentioned , happen each month.
> it's been a routine thing for over a decade that I know of,
> probably much longer. it's the same route ( to water ) that the
> Lamoore NAS uses and many inland air bases as well. flights from
> Lamoore are seen to join up with some of the flights from inland , on
> towards the pacific areas. it's the least congested air route to
> the open ocean from Nv , lower Utah, Colo , Mojave and many places
> east of the Sierras and for some the most direct route.
>
> the odd sounding aircraft has been absent for about a week and a half
> , so far ....... but you never know. anyway ...... keep an eye out
> for it .... maybe you'll be lucky enough to be there when it's out
> and about !
>
>
>
From your description, it sounds like a pulse detonation engine. See
http://www.shock-system.com/takingthepulse.html
and http://www.amtonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=3100
And I am guessing it is in an UAV.
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