vindication for Vultees XP-54 'SWOOSE'

[The Inspector]

Northrop-Grumman has just made public video and info about their new 'Firebird' pilot optional spyplane and looking @ it in an LA Times article, it sure owes a great deal to the design of the XP-54 right down to the cranked inner wing panels-

[TAdan]

Here is a link to the press release on Scaled Composites website. http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/page ... l?d=221181

Inspector you are right, it looks very similar to the XP-54.

Being a Pontiac Firebird fan I approve of the name.

[CAPFlyer]

So this must've been that "last project" that Burt was wanting to complete before retiring.

What a way to go out.

[tom d. friedman]

really slick if this is rutan's parting project then he really is going out in style!!