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To: SkyDancer

1hr 7mins for the SR-71


9 posted on 03/31/2015 6:44:31 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation

First class or business?


12 posted on 03/31/2015 6:47:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: nascarnation

I’m IN!.......


33 posted on 03/31/2015 7:28:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nascarnation
1hr 7mins for the SR-71

From NYC to LA? I don't think so. Not officially, anyway.

The official record is somewhere just above 2100 mph, which puts the time at just under an hour and a half.

Now, it's a poorly kept secret that the crew that set that record went only as fast as they needed to set it, but the aircraft was good for more. But the AF has never publicly admitted to more.

71 posted on 03/31/2015 8:58:36 PM PDT by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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