Web of Secrecy: Black Widow II Declassified (2001)

For PHOTOS, VIDEO TRAILER and the INSIDE STORY visit www.yf23fighter.com "Web of Secrecy: YF-23 Black Widow II Declassified" is a 50 minute documentary about the making of the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 stealth fighter and its fly-off against the Lockheed YF-22 in competition for the Advanced Tactical Fighter contract with the Air Force-as told by the team members who built the plane. Of all the aircraft conceived and produced, none can match the engineers' artistry of the YF-23 Black Widow II. It was a fighter so advanced that it was poised to play a key role in keeping the Free World free during the Cold War, by outclassing everything else in the sky. This is the only complete account of the TOP SECRET story behind the creation of the incredible supersonic ATF stealth fighter designed by the Northrop and McDonnell Douglas team, competing against the Lockheed designed YF-22, in competition for the hundred billion dollar prize contract with the Air Force....and why the U.S. Government decided not to buy it! This doc tells the true story of the ingenuity required to create technology that didn't exist, and the intense human drama that formed the backdrop to the winner-take-all Pentagon competition. It's all here, the science, the secrets the heartaches and the triumphs, told by the scientists and test pilots themselves. More than three years in the making, The filmmakers faced the task of discovering and accessing the formerly top secret records, and securing approvals from Northrop, Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force, before their story could be told. One of the most important stories in the history of aviation.