Posted on 05/31/2014 11:36:47 AM PDT by lbryce
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Because at its operating speed and altitude the fuel tanks as well as most of the craft expanded by as much as two inches, IRRC.
Therefore, on the ground the fuel tanks would contract.
I saw it at an airshow and seeing the fuel leaks up close was different. Amazing aircraft to see fly. They didn’t put a lot of fuel in on while on the ground and generally refueled it after takeoff.
Large Hadron Collider
SR-71 also used fuel as its hydraulic fluid.
Come on now.
We could build it in 1947, or in 1957 either.
By 1967, we could build it.
When we have the will, we'll find the way.
Chinese astronauts waving at us from the surface of the moon could do the trick.
Fred Zarguna; I am absolutely astounded by your incredibly imaginative visual acuity! That was brilliant! Bravo!
It’s true....leaked like a sieve when on the ground. It all sealed up in the air at altitude. I used to watch them while on the flight line at Kadena headed west to parts supposed to be unknown.
Watched them coming back, too. One high altitude loop/descend around the field and landed from very high start point. More like a controlled crash.
The SR-71 is truly extraordinary.
I’m still in awe of the B-52.
Still in service since the 1950’s.
In 1980 I traversed the aircraft from its cockpit to tail. For such a large plane I was amazed by how little space there was in its interior. We had to literally crawl on narrow cat walks from nose to tail.
I was lucky enough to see one heading into Beale AFB while outside for lunch during my sophomore year of highschool in 1986. I’d been a fan for years before that, but seeing that beauty flying low over my school was like a personal hat tip to my fondness and respec of the blackbird.
I love this country.
Your handle, F15Eagle.
I still think it’s a better plane than the F-16.
Maybe a little heavier, but it’s power plants are undeniable.
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