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"Son of Blackbird": Boeing Reveals Hypersonic Concept That Could Replace SR-71
www.popularmechanics.com ^
| Jan 12, 2018
| By Jay Bennett
Posted on 01/12/2018 11:43:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: T-Bone Texan
Went to the Smithsonian once with my parents back in the day. I was real young. They got into a fight and mom took me home... I remember crying thinking to myself...why make me leave?
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posted on
01/12/2018 1:58:54 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/12/2018 1:59:23 PM PST
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Sorry, could not resist)
To: ColdOne
I saw them all the time at Kadena.
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posted on
01/12/2018 1:59:28 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: ColdOne
Funny how certain planes evoke a certain ... emotion.
Calling the SR-71 or B-70 sexy,
Just seems to fit.
All the lines just “look” right.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:01:33 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Bodleian_Girl
No, That’s John and George................
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:01:36 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
You know where I would love to go is one of those bone yards for old planes they have row and row of planes.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:01:42 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: drunknsage
I’ve not seen that in my research. Do you have a link?
To: mountn man
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:02:34 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:03:01 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:03:43 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: Red Badger
Was stationed at Beale AFB, CA 81-84. Worked in the weather station.
SR-71 flights twice a week, at least. Magnificent to watch those 4 AM takeoffs. Wake-up call for the base housing area.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:06:02 PM PST
by
hattend
To: chaosagent
The RB-57F was a "whole 'nuther animal". The B-57 Canberra's wings were cut off at the nacelles, TF-33 turbofans were installed, and then "U2-like" extended wings were added outboard of the nacelles to increase the wingspan to 122 feet -- nearly 2X the length of the fuselage.
AFAIK, the true, classified "operational altitude" of the RB-57F (with the supplemental Pratt & Whitney J60-P-9 turbojets mounted) has never been declassified and published...
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:12:52 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
To: 2CAVTrooper
In 1969 I was working for Hughes Aircraft Company and they had a YF-12 (is that the same as A-12?)bailed to them to test the AIM-47 missile. I got to sit in the back seat (not fly, just look). NASA had a couple at the time and crashed one so they took the one Hughes had.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:13:59 PM PST
by
saminfl
To: ColdOne
No problem figured one might be within a days drive and you could take that off the bucket list
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:29:18 PM PST
by
edzo4
(Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
To: katana; T-Bone Texan
In the late 70's I had a (I*R-100 Award-winning) contract with the Air Force Materials Lab at Wright Pat.
Always regretted not taking my son out of school, dropping him off at the Museum, and then letting him be my museum "guide" when I finished with my AFML meeting...
So -- when he PCS'd from the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell, we drove back to MA together in his off-road pickup. We had a ball stopping at archaeological and historical battleground sites -- and spending a whole day together at the USAF Museum. Best father-son outing -- ever!!
And -- yes -- I did reach out and touch the leading edge of the SR-71's wing... '-)
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:31:00 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
To: ColdOne
You can pat them on the nose is selected museums. They are so wonderfully pretty.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:32:39 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: katana
Too bad they couldn’t get the entire B-36 inside the building... :-(
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:33:21 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
To: ColdOne
I saw the video of his crash...
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:37:00 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
To: mountn man
Just think... The B-70 had six of what the SR-71 had but two. The same engines. Staggers the imagination.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:39:24 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: TXnMA
I knew an old guy who flew bombers in WWII and finally retired in the 70s. One of the planes he flew was the B-36.
After he retired he worked as an instructor pilot at Ft. Rucker. He said when they interviewed him, he was asked if he was qualified for two engines. He replied that he was qualified for 10.
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posted on
01/12/2018 2:47:58 PM PST
by
yarddog
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