Scott Lowther wrote:

Neil Gerace wrote:

"Scott Lowther" wrote in message
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My father drove across northern Nevada yesterday. At one point, a 747 in
USAF markings flew low across the highway coming in for a landing at an
airport (he does not remember exactly where). The 747 had a truncated
cockpit hump... and a large air scoop just behind that. Does this sound
familiar to anyone?

It wasn't the YAL-1A airborne laser, was it?

That was my first thought, bu dad says no... the nose of the 747 was
normal. No big laser-mirror turret.

We also built a 767 with a hump on the back to carry an airborne laser
for missle defense, which could be mistaken for a 747 from the side, at
a distance. "Truncated" would be a good description for the hump, which
does not taper into the fuselage the way the hump does on a 747.
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