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Early years...SR-71...ever wonder how it got from there to there?
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Posted on 05/04/2013 12:11:07 PM PDT by Doogle
Interesting story of how they transported the Blackbird of Project OXCART, it was known that the A-12s would be built in the SkunkWorks within the Lockheed Plant complex in Burbank, California and that the A-12s would have to be transported overland to Area 51 for flight testing, development and training of the Project Pilots. Photo's and planning story
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: sr71
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To: F15Eagle
it's easy to tell the difference from the chines on the front of the SR-71 that the A-12 doesn't have
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05/04/2013 4:52:20 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Doogle
and all designed with a slide rule...
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05/04/2013 4:53:16 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: 21twelve
At one time we could DO things like that
On a similar note, IIRC the Saturn rockets used for the Apollo missions could not be made today - the plans are lost. OTOH, a local company is working on fusion propulsion.
I recently read an article on what website I can’t recall,but the article said that there is a Company who is going to reverse engineer the engines from the Saturn 5 and manufacture them.
What they dis is they went to a number of museums that had the engines and disassembled them,then scanned the parts into a computer system.
The main engines for the Saturn 5 are supposed to be the most powerful rocket engines ever built.
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05/04/2013 5:37:34 PM PDT
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puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
To: Doogle
One thing about the SR-71 it got from here to there quickly and was never damaged in flight during its missions over hostile territory.
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05/04/2013 5:40:10 PM PDT
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puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: PLMerite
With Amazon Prime You end up supporting homo marriage, Julian Assange and pedophilia.
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05/04/2013 7:07:39 PM PDT
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A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
To: puppypusher; Alas Babylon!
See post #39. Pretty cool stuff. Those guys on the left look like kids!
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05/04/2013 9:29:39 PM PDT
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21twelve
("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
To: chesty_puller
One day in 1976 when I was an Airman stationed at McClellan AFB in the Tech Control Facility, I saw a huge black shadow fly very low over my apartment in Sacramento. I went into work the next day, got on the shoutdown orderwire to the control tower and asked if the SR 71 flew in yesterday. The guy at the tower almost climbed down my throat saying, "Who Is This?!" I calmly told him I was calling from the TCF and just wondered... I was assured that movements of aircraft were never discussed. One more lesson in what "the need to know" actually meant.
Years later my brother told me he saw it fly in and out all the time when he was stationed in England.
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03/20/2016 8:46:43 PM PDT
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higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
To: Doogle
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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03/20/2016 11:34:13 PM PDT
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Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..nevere store a threat you should have eliminated))
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