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From: jake!wcarroll@encore.encore.com (William Carroll)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: "Stealth" Bombers
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:10:32 GMT
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From: jake!wcarroll@encore.encore.com (William Carroll)
biocca@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (Alan Biocca) writes:
> 
> They claim the majority of the radar
> reflection from the aircraft head-on is from the pilot's seat back, since
> the exterior surfaces reflect the radar off in other directions rather
> than back at the source.  

I recall a note in the AvLeak article on the F-177A rollout that said that
the cockpit glass had a special coating to prevent radar from penetrating.
Otherwise the pilot's helmet would generate a larger radar return than
the rest of the plane. I don't know whether it is true or not, but just
the statement impressed me.


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