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From the SR-71 pilot's perspectcive

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Monsterlover

July 28, 2009, 08:21:55 AM
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

NAKID

#1
July 28, 2009, 08:27:56 AM
God I love that plane...
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#2
July 28, 2009, 08:28:47 AM
Nothing like it. . .
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

stateprez

#3
July 28, 2009, 09:14:59 AM
Watched a cool youtube video on the SR71 the other day. 

Apparently the CIA set up a dummy corporation to buy the titanium for it from Russia.  Cold War irony.
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July 28, 2009, 09:35:44 AM
Quote from: stateprez on July 28, 2009, 09:14:59 AM
Watched a cool youtube video on the SR71 the other day. 

Apparently the CIA set up a dummy corporation to buy the titanium for it from Russia.  Cold War irony.

That's great!  [laugh]

Also in the irony department, the mathematical theory that led to the development of our stealth technology was discovered in a paper written by a russian author. Apparently one of the Skunkworks engineers was a total math geek that enjoyed reading obscure mathematical papers. He read the paper, figured out how it could be applied to stealth technology and brought the concept up to Ben Rich (successor to Kelley Johnson), and the F-117 program was born.

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July 28, 2009, 10:10:04 AM
Quote from: stateprez on July 28, 2009, 09:14:59 AM
Watched a cool youtube video on the SR71 the other day. 
Apparently the CIA set up a dummy corporation to buy the titanium for it from Russia.  Cold War irony.

If you like Cold War stuff, go buy the book SpyCraft.

It was written by the former head of OTS of the CIA.

mostly about spying during the cold war in moscow.

the cia did some funny ass shit.


The best is when they bought a bunch of blow up dolls from an adult store in washington while testing out making a "fake" passenger.


Triple J has read it.
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#6
July 28, 2009, 10:21:25 AM
Skunk Works by Ben Rich is also a great read.  [thumbsup] Ben Rich was an engineer with Lockheed Skunkworks during development of the SR-71 (among other things), and then took over when Kelley Johnson retired and was in charge when the F-117 was designed.

Besides having great stories (like when they had to send someone from Groom Lake to Las Vegas to buy a ladder because they forgot to make one so the pilot could get into the 1st stealth prototype) it shows how effective it is to have engineers integrally involved with manufacturing. Skunkworks design offices were directly above the area where prototypes were built...so design engineers spent as much time on the "assembly line" as they did at their design tables.  [thumbsup] Would have been a great place to work.

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#7
July 28, 2009, 11:37:35 AM
Nice read.  I've always been fascinated by those aircraft ~

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#8
July 28, 2009, 12:05:24 PM
I can remember having a model one as a kid.  I kept it because I liked it so much.  It's still in storage at my mom's place.  Nice find.

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#9
July 28, 2009, 03:43:00 PM
that plane give me wood.

i would love to feel that much power at my fingertips and just go screaming through space faster than you can really comprehend.
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IZ

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July 28, 2009, 06:47:01 PM
One flew into Lackland when I was there for basic training.  Wow..WOw WOW!!


On her final flight, the Blackbird, destined for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, sped from Los Angeles to Washington in 64 minutes, averaging 2,145 mph and setting four speed records.


Amazing!!

I work with several pilots from WWII era.  Top speed on a few of their planes..140 mph.  [laugh]  A former client's father was an F-15 pilot.  Told me the fastest he had it up to was 1500 mph in Desert Storm. 

Cannot imagine flying 1000 mph..let alone doubling that in the SR!!  :o

Thanks for the link!!  [thumbsup]
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Quote from: bobspapa on May 29, 2011, 08:09:57 AMThis just in..IZ is not that short..and I am not that tall.

superjohn

#11
July 28, 2009, 06:53:05 PM
The plane is really cool, but if 1960's technology can produce something like that, I can only imagine what the Aurora is like providing it's real.

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July 28, 2009, 07:01:56 PM
Quote from: IZ on July 28, 2009, 06:47:01 PM

On her final flight, the Blackbird, destined for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, sped from Los Angeles to Washington in 64 minutes, averaging 2,145 mph and setting four speed records.


They took off, then headed out over the Pacific to refuel. When they had topped off the tanks, they turned around and got a running start before going feet dry.
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July 28, 2009, 07:15:47 PM
Quote from: Obsessed? on July 28, 2009, 07:01:56 PM
They took off, then headed out over the Pacific to refuel. When they had topped off the tanks, they turned around and got a running start before going feet dry.

Really..you're going to fault them on that one?!



So they would have added about 3 min to the total time if they had taken off from the ground.

67 minutes still pretty good!!


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Quote from: bobspapa on May 29, 2011, 08:09:57 AMThis just in..IZ is not that short..and I am not that tall.

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July 28, 2009, 07:19:55 PM
Quote from: superjohn on July 28, 2009, 06:53:05 PM
The plane is really cool, but if 1960's technology can produce something like that, I can only imagine what the Aurora is like providing it's real.

Satellites man  ;)
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