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To: Alice au Wonderland; Dawsonville_Doc

um.

the SR71 is a single-seat ramjet-powered mach5 spy plane.
IIRC:
the pilot is in the pilot's seat for the entire flight.
there is no other seat - the cabin being quite small and cramped and spartan
there is thus no separate toilet requiring a $500 seat

presumably the pilot of an SR71 did/does what all other pilots must: fills his suit when the need arises.


3,601 posted on 11/11/2005 11:52:38 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout

Does the suit cost $500?


3,603 posted on 11/11/2005 11:54:02 AM PST by Alice au Wonderland (Like a fence, character cannot be strengthened by whitewash. - American proverb)
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To: King Prout; Alice au Wonderland

um.

The SR-71 is a two seater.
You are correct in that it has no lavatory- but that doesn't stop old Lockheed rumors like...

http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/updates/nmdtitle.htm


3,611 posted on 11/11/2005 12:08:23 PM PST by Dawsonville_Doc
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