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ONLINE SR71 BOOK
http://www.mainewomensrugby.com/cwaltham/143352475-Sled-Driver-v2.pdf ^
| Bryan Shul
Posted on 08/31/2013 2:48:17 PM PDT by jyro
book Flying the Worlds Fastest Jet http://www.mainewomensrugby.com/cwaltham/143352475-Sled-Driver-v2.pdf
This book is one man's view of what it was like to fly the world's fastest jet.
TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: blackbird; clarencekellyjohnson; lockheed; michigan; richardbissell; skunkworks; sleddriver; sourcetitlenoturl; sr71
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posted on
08/31/2013 2:48:18 PM PDT
by
jyro
To: jyro
As I recall, there is one of these planes at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo (airplane museum). It is parked (suspended, actually) right nearby a World War Uno “red baron” open seater (you know, like Charlie Brown’s dog flies).
When we visited, the SR71 was just reachable above your head (you walk underneath it).
A real thrill seeing that plane (and the rest of the aircraft there).
To: jyro; LucyT
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posted on
08/31/2013 3:34:13 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: faithhopecharity
From the book:
"We did Nebraska in 7.2 minutes today. I think that's the best way to do Nebraska." SLED PILOT Thank you. That was fun!
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posted on
08/31/2013 3:45:59 PM PDT
by
conservativeimage
(I Won't Go Underground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wema3CNqzvg)
To: jyro
About 20 years ago, before Robins AFB completed their indoor museum, they had a bunch of planes in the 'backyard', as it were. Just sitting outside, and one could walk right up and touch them. No fence, no guards.
They had an SR-71 and a U-2, among others.
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posted on
08/31/2013 3:58:02 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(All you poor, all you needy, all you're doin' is givin' to the greedy... Temptations, 'Power')
To: jyro
My wife’s father was one of the original group of SR-71 pilots. I never met him (he died before we met) but I sure would have liked to talk with him about that machine...
To: jyro
I hear it was pretty fast.
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:05:04 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Don't blame me for McCain.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks jyro. Bravo, Kelly Johnson and the Skunk Works!
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:20:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: Jeff Chandler
The only (known) aircraft capable of sustained flight above Mach 3 — it didn’t fly *as* high as the U2, but could still get up pretty high; wasn’t stealthy in its last decade or so, but was for all practical purposes invisible for years. “What’s that?” “What?” “On the scr- oh, there’s nothing there, never mind.” Already mothballed — reportedly because the corrugated exotic-alloy skin had holes cut in it for expansion during flight, such that it leaked fuel during those minutes it sat on the runway before takeoff, and some base commanders were freaks about that — it was returned to service during the Gulf War because intel needs far exceeded the capability of the recon satellites then in orbit.
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:25:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: jyro
I was stationed at kaduna for 5 years.... The “habu” was a regular site. I miss that roar, and those afterburners at night...
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:35:23 PM PDT
by
ImaGraftedBranch
(...By reading this, you've collapsed my wave function. Thanks.)
To: jyro
I remember looking for this book and finding it out of print and horrifyingly expensive online. Now- reading it.
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:35:28 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: jyro; Travis McGee
Excellent book! Well worth the fast read.
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posted on
08/31/2013 4:50:22 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: jyro
Thank you. I downloaded and read the whole thing.
The SR-71, she is a beauty.
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posted on
08/31/2013 5:17:40 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: faithhopecharity
There is one at the outdoor museum off Fl 123 next to Eglin AFB.
It’s free and has a B52, F15 F16 F18 and much more.
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posted on
08/31/2013 5:19:14 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
To: Mikey_1962
Ah so! A warm weather version of the SR71.
Thanks for the info.
To: ImaGraftedBranch
I was near Kadena (sp?) in ‘71-72 and saw the Habu once in awhile. One day one of them took off and pointed it’s nose straight up and whoosh! Out of site straight up in nothin’ flat. Never saw anything like that before or since. AMAZING
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posted on
08/31/2013 5:45:35 PM PDT
by
Thom Pain
(U.S. Constitution is a CONTRACT! : $70 TRILLION unfunded...)
To: jyro
Thanks for posting this. Kelly Johnson was truly a genius and a national treasure. Great read.
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posted on
08/31/2013 6:44:34 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: SunkenCiv
U-2 can get to about 70,000 ft, SR-71 would sustain 85,000 ft.
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posted on
08/31/2013 7:03:10 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: jyro
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posted on
08/31/2013 7:08:23 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/31/2013 7:26:26 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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