Moving the SR-71 prototype

[Yo!Joe!!!]

Built in the U,S of A.

Back when we knew how and could build stuff.

^^ Not so fast. Here: In the spirit of the SR-71 Blackbird..! Now, if only our politicians can keep their damn dirty paws off of it. One can only dream. arty

Lockheed Martin's LRS-B :cool


http://www.xairforces.net/newsd.asp?newsid=2057&newst=8#.UXmEO_KTcwI

 

[Holeshot]

They would go supersonic over the area of the country I grew up in. Sonic booms were a regular occurrence when I was a kid. :laughing

 

[Yo!Joe!!!]

They would go supersonic over the area of the country I grew up in. Sonic booms were a regular occurrence when I was a kid. :laughing

And yet, you still turned out to be an Amurika hating flaming liberal..! :laughing

 

[Marlowe]

Thanks for sharing.
No doubt one of the coolest planes ever built. Funny that one is obsolete but they still fly the U-2.

I wouldn't say it's obsolete, exactly.

They just required more care and drank some pretty expensive stuff. :laughing

 

[mean dad]

They would go supersonic over the area of the country I grew up in. Sonic booms were a regular occurrence when I was a kid. :laughing

Yeah, we'd either get the boom, or it would be flying ridiculously low.
Loved both.

 

[m_asim]

Sadly the aerospace industry is no more a factor in Southern California economy. Think of all the great work done by the likes of Northrop, Hughes, Douglas, Lockheed, and Rockwell all gone from SoCal:cry

 

[DrSwade]

What's up my newly-Latinized friend!?!?

Flying planes in the Mexican Airforce. As soon as they buy some planes that is...or until we can figure out how to saddle a turkey vulture.

Howz the Mexicans up in your neck o' the woods?

 

[Yo!Joe!!!]

Flying planes in the Mexican Airforce. As soon as they buy some planes that is...or until we can figure out how to saddle a turkey vulture.

Howz the Mexicans up in your neck o' the woods?

Getting ready for Jury Duty..! :laughing

 

[wazzuFreddo]

Yeah, we'd either get the boom, or it would be flying ridiculously low.
Loved both.

My guess is that they flew over the nuclear complex near us to test their equipment before going to the USSR.

Or just because it was one of the more sparsely populated areas on the way from Edwards to the USSR.

 

[Marlowe]

I don't think overflying Hanford would be terribly useful to them, but it *IS* the middle of nowhere.

:laughing

 

[Hooli]

I had the model rocket version of the SR71. I decided it would be more fun to launch it almost horizontal instead of vertical.
It flew a very long way. :laughing

:thumbup

Makes me want to go out and buy a Real-Flight PC flying sim. Then I can crash all I want. :laughing

 

[yodaisgod]

^^ Not so fast. Here: In the spirit of the SR-71 Blackbird..! Now, if only our politicians can keep their damn dirty paws off of it. One can only dream. arty

Lockheed Martin's LRS-B :cool
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http://www.xairforces.net/newsd.asp?newsid=2057&newst=8#.UXmEO_KTcwI

$10 billion bombers....each.

 

[letsrideinsc]

Hooli, Last year I downloaded the SR-71 files for MS Flight SimX, it is one hard aircraft to fly on the sim. It's almost not fun, but definitely boring. The SR-71 doesn't like to turn, the graphics suck from so high up, the controls for the afterburner are on/off. I have much more fun flying the F-15 around the Bay Area, or the P-51. For example, in the F15 you can take off at Watsonville East, climb, roll inverted over the sc mtns, then touch and go at Moffett Field/SJ/Oakland/and SFO all in a couple minutes.

 

[n10sive]

Sadly the aerospace industry is no more a factor in Southern California economy. Think of all the great work done by the likes of Northrop, Hughes, Douglas, Lockheed, and Rockwell all gone from SoCal:cry

tell me about it I worked at Hughes and watched the slow death occur. One of my old buildings is a Target store now :|

 

[Yo!Joe!!!]

$10 billion bombers....each.

Cheaper than Obamacare. :thumbup

 

[vato_loco]

Amazing link, thanks.

It's incredible to think that the SR-71 was built using a slide rule in those pre-CAD days...

 

[n10sive]

My grandfather (civil engineer) taught me to use a slide rule as a kid. Still have it. Fun to take out and use every now and again.

 

[Hooli]

Hooli, Last year I downloaded the SR-71 files for MS Flight SimX, it is one hard aircraft to fly on the sim. It's almost not fun, but definitely boring. The SR-71 doesn't like to turn.

Well, as stated in the documentary, that plane takes up to 100 miles to turn at high speed, so I 'd say that's realistic.

 

[jdhu]

It is am amazing find.

Sadly, the SR-71 is a find from an era we still did stuff in

I think this is just misplaced nostalgia. The F-22 (for example) is an amazing piece of engineering, that required some "doing stuff."

 

[Bonzo]

I was lucky to see 2 take off in St. Louis. F'n rattled every window in the airport twice. It was so cool I would have paid to have seen it again. BTW it was a night takeoff!!!