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I saw a light colored slow moving jet, sounded like a jet that was loafing along, no engine pods visible, probably going 150 mph or less. It had straight wings like a sailplane, but not as long or slender. The fuselage was fatter than jet sailplanes I’ve seen by searching online. Seems it must be a jet sailplane, but they all seem more lightly constructed with longer wings. I’m about 40 miles from Whiteman AFB. | ||
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Maybe a Cirrus Vision? Their engine is atop the fuselage, and has straight wings. | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
The plane I saw has a straighter and less bulbous fuselage and longer wings that look more like sailplane wings. | |||
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A military drone? -- General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger -- Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk Light colored (bluish-gray) Turbofan engines No engine pods Straight wings Fatter fuselages There are elements of Air Combat Command located at Whiteman AFB.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 229DAK, _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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If you can get there fast enough, could check flightaware site to investigate. Most show up there. https://www.flightaware.com/ | |||
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What time on what day? You can pull that stuff up retrospectively on any of the flight radar sites. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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Honda Jet? The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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T-38? Whiteman also has MQ-9 Reaper drones. I'm about 60 miles west of Whiteman. I've seen B-2s, A-10 and T-38s over our house. | |||
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Reapers have propellers. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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No way! Really???  He had no idea what he saw. I was just throwing that out there based on what is operating in the area. I wish my eyes were as good as yours where I could see a spinning propeller at xx,xxx feet. | |||
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