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To: Red Badger

From reading about this in PopSci, I remember being struck by the method they used for the variable geometry inlet — it was invented by the Skunk Works, and used in the SR-71, the only aircraft publicly known that was capable of sustained flight above Mach 3.


33 posted on 11/30/2012 7:07:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

There is an SR71 about three miles from here at the AF Armament Museum. I’ll havta check it out.......


34 posted on 12/01/2012 10:05:21 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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35 posted on 12/01/2012 10:08:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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