Sr-71

[rockadaous]

SR-71

 

[Mr Bogus]

40 some years old and still never outdone...

Walter Cronkite was one of the few civilians to ever get to go for a ride..

here is a drone that they launched only with the SR-71.. this is one of I think 3 left? Jeff? you remember ?

 

[dadofthree]

Thanks Rock I enjoyed that

 

[twotonevert]

Wow Rock, that was very nice. Thank you.

 

[wharthog3]

Makes me want to finish my pilots license even quicker.

 

[runeight]

WOW! Nothing more..just WOW!



r8

 

[Zoinks!]

WOW! Nothing more..just WOW!



r8

Sorry for the jack, but runeight, where'd you get the girl in your sig?

 

[GMbusa]

I still would like to know how fast that plane could go. Maybe faster than the plane itself could handle. I live near the air&space museum both Dulles and DC. I need to get out and see the Dulles site. I've heard it's nice.

 

[rockadaous]

I've had the privilege of watching it launch out of RAF Mildenhall a couple of time.

 

[runeight]

Sorry for the jack, but runeight, where'd you get the girl in your sig?

That's one of Sambusa's girls.

About face!

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[rubber2burn]

I would just like to fly in one that would be the Ultimate ride for sure

 

[Lurch]

Thanks Rock. That is still my favorite plane we have had. Just a beautiful bird.

 

[F=MA]

Truly a remarkable machine...even more so for the time it was produced and operated.

I'm not yet ready to believe that little story about asking ATC for groundspeed readouts, as I don't know that the SR-71 was equipped with VHF radios, but most of the other information seems pretty accurate, if very basic.

I am envious of your experience, rokadaous. I'll have to settle for my time spent admiring the aircraft at a museum in Kansas.

How far are you into your flight training, wharthog3?

 

[Justyntym]

Awesome bird, one of a kind

 

[Rayabusa0818]

Cliff notes version...fastest plane on earth

 

[F=MA]

It's the Hayabusa of airplanes!

Well, kind of.

 

[02spool]

Very kool rock! Thanks for the daydream....

 

[jwcfbd]

The SR 71 is my all time favorite jet.
Do you think those engines put out some heat?

 

[TruWrecks]

Truly an awesome plane. I got to see one when I was in the Army. It had just taken off from Beale. The afterburner flame looked as long as the whole plane.

 

[dadofthree]

Sorry for the jack, but runeight, where'd you get the girl in your sig?

Sambusa