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SR-71 simulator exit ends Blackbird era in Valley
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| Monday, August 21, 2006
| ALLISON GATLIN
Posted on 08/26/2006 6:41:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:41:11 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas came forward with a comprehensive proposal to house the entire simulator system and had enlisted the support of Link Simulations and Training, the simulator's manufacturer. The company is nearby and has pledged both monetary and technical support to get the simulator up and running with newer computers so visitors may see how it works and some may even try their own hands at the controls.
Holy cow.
If they can sell simulator time I can see this as the biggest money-making simulator of all time...
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:03:09 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: BenLurkin
There go my plans to buy it. Shucks.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:05:02 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Publius6961
What do you bet that it runs on 16MB of RAM? [chuckle]
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:05:53 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
RAM? I'll bet it still uses core!
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:11:38 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Tom Gallagher - the anti-Crist [FL Governor, 2006 primary])
To: NonValueAdded
Gonna be tough to find the vacuum tubes....
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:13:47 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:15:42 AM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: 1rudeboy
What do you bet that it runs on 16MB of RAM? [chuckle]You laugh. Until three years ago, I programmed military flight simulators in FORTRAN/74.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:21:49 AM PDT
by
JoeGar
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:21:59 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
To: BenLurkin; All
I think they did a pretty good job considering it was built in the late 50's/early 60's with slide rules.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:23:17 AM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: oxcart
I agree, oxcart. I loved this snippet: "...
...but also in the now antiquated computer system used to operate it Built and used by nerdy 50's / 60's engineers like my Dad. He was in the oil bidness, not aerospace, but still the same kind of 'git er done' engineer skills and attitude that took us to the moon & back.
He & I built Heathkit TVs and radios together, I can remember many trips to the electronics store to check vacuum tubes on their tester! ;>)
My Dad was a rare breed of ME, started using Apple 2's when they came out, and used PCs to control process tests, long before anyone else in his company would even acknowledge the utility of 'personal computers'.
I think they did a pretty good job considering it was built in the late 50's/early 60's with slide rules.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:32:54 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:37:40 AM PDT
by
MediaMole
(9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
To: JoeGar
ahhh...
FORTRAN/74, the language of Men.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:41:12 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:41:15 AM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: Ready4Freddy; All
They did a pretty good job on the engines also.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:49:35 AM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: oxcart; BenLurkin
I once ordered a bunch of tchotchkes from the now-defunct Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works Gift Shoppe -- coffee mug, refrigerator magnets, license plate frame.
Will never forget the wrapping that the stuff came in: A battered cardboard box sealed with smileyface tape.
To: BenLurkin
If you'd like to see an SR71 up-close and you're anywhere near Riverside, CA, visit the air museum at March ARB, off the 215 Fwy at Van Buren. Many, many examples of our combat planes since WW II.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:58:50 AM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
To: martin_fierro
Kelly Johnson was a very "frugal" person. Nice touch on the smiley face tape.
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posted on
08/26/2006 8:00:25 AM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: Hebrews 11:6
And in Tucson, the Pima Air Museum has a SR-71 and a very nice B29.
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posted on
08/26/2006 8:02:47 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: oxcart
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posted on
08/26/2006 8:09:07 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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