What kind of plane is this?

[Gixxer86g]

This is a Google Earth shot from Elgin AFB in florida.What kind of plane is that with the forward swept wings?

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4445&stc=1&d=1214150550

[bs rr co]

It is either a X-29 type nasa test plane or something used for ferrying officers
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-008-DFRC.html

[captain82]

It almost looks like a design the Japanese had back in WWII but never took off. then again it might be a modern test bed of a similar design.

[thomil]

Not Quite. That looks like one of Burt Rutans contraptions. Most Likely a VariEze or a LongEze, with the canards enlarged. That would also fit in with the size of the twin engine prop standing next to it. The X-29 would be closer in size to the two F-15s on the right side of the picture.

[kevarc]

It is not the X-29. The overhead is way off.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-008-DFRC.html

[Jim Prower]

This is a Google Earth shot from Elgin AFB in florida.What kind of plane is that with the forward swept wings?

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4445&stc=1&d=1214150550

Said aircraft is facing the other direction. Like said before, it seems to be a long-EZ or something of the like.

[Gixxer86g]

It's not an X-29,I remember that plane from Jane's ATF.I think Jim is right,it's facing the other direction.It just seems to be a little short,and the canards seem a little large to be a Rutan plane.

[jac_murphy]

Assuming that this is the Burt Rutan plane you guys are talking about, it seems to have a slightly different shape from the one in the overhead view...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/jac_murphy/misc/n505657564_757305_8375.jpg

(Shot over Banff, AB)

-Jacques

[USRailFan]

Maybe a UFO visiting from Area 51? :P

[Gixxer86g]

Also,any info on the paint scheme on the F-15 at the upper right?It seems to be white,I didn't know they had any painted white.

[kevarc]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canard_(aeronautics)

Probably in this list

The white F 15 may be from this

http://www.53wg.acc.af.mil/

[plainsman]

I thought maybe you were talking about this:
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=573408
but it does not appear to be that aircraft.
That plane above is a HFB-320 Hansa Jet, a corporate jet from the 1960s, made in Germany.

[thomil]

You can definitely rule out the Hansa Jet. IIRC, there were only 20 of them, and none have been airworthy since the Luftwaffe phased out their last ECM-Trainers a couple of years ago.

[xgsft]

This is a Google Earth shot from Elgin AFB in florida.What kind of plane is that with the forward swept wings?

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4445&stc=1&d=1214150550


From top left to bottom right...

BE-55/58 Baron
Long EZ
F-15 x2

[SD50]

There are a number of civilian experimental aircraft with a canard configuration, not only the Vari-eze/Long-eze. The Velocity and Cozy are two other examples.

The problem is that because of the image resolution, we can't get a clear picture of it to tell exactly what it is. But I don't believe it to be a foward-swept design.

As for the white F-15, a couple possibilites- it could be a light gray, and the sunlight is washing out the image making it look white. The other possibility- Eglin is host to a flight test center, and lots of non-standard paint schemes appear for higher visibility or other reasons. There are also a few "commemorative" paint schemes. What is interesting is that the two F-15's appear on a ramp that is otherwise occupied by civilian or General Aviation aircraft.

[classw1]

maybe one of these.

http://www.berkut13.com/berkut55.htm