Test Flight Over Area 51

Original art by Foxystallion

Pteranodon by Papo, photo of it by Foxystallion.
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With thanks to ChrisSawyer
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Fox head by Yong Chen, and used here with his permission.

The IRL ariel photo of Area 51 was taken by a government agent who shall remain nameless and edited by me to remove all images of aircraft and certain other things.

This is a series of photographs of the transformation from his human form to Foxystallion:
Start of transformation:
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Fully transformed:
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The largest pteranodons had wingspans, aspect ratios, and wing geometry similar to those of the 21 meter competition class of sailplanes, which suggests that their cruse speed was up to about 100 knots, powered by the solar energy of thermals. 21 meter sailplanes with pressurized cabins have attained altitudes of over 50,000 feet here in central Nevada (home of the U-2), but lack of oxygen and cold would probably have limited pteranodons to about one third of this altitude.

IRL, I'm an aerospace physicist, biotechnologist, and rancher, so that it was natural for my alter ego Foxystallion to bid on the black project "Dragon Flight" RFP (Request For Proposals).

If you look closely, you will see the camera remote control in Foxy's right hand; the camera was on a small acoustically stealthed RPV being used as a chase vehicle. The F-15s usually used for chasing test flights can not fly slowly enough, and it's noise would have freaked out the pteranodon. The pteranodon is eying the RPV with a hungry look in his beady eye...