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Posted on 03/07/2008 4:27:01 AM PST by MNJohnnie
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Got this forwarded to me in an email. Don't know who wrote it but it is a great story.
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posted on
03/07/2008 4:27:02 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
To: MNJohnnie
As my eyes adjusted to the view, I realized that the brilliance was the broad expanse of the Milky Way, now a gleaming stripe across the sky. Where dark spaces in the sky had usually existed, there were now dense clusters of sparkling stars. Nice!
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posted on
03/07/2008 4:43:52 AM PST
by
6SJ7
To: MNJohnnie
At 107 feet long, it appeared big, but far from ungainly. I saw and SR-71 for the first time close up last summer at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH. My first impression was that it was considerably smaller than I thought it would be.....
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posted on
03/07/2008 4:58:23 AM PST
by
Thermalseeker
(Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
To: MNJohnnie
Flying low at 2,125 mph? Whats maximum speed at altitude?
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:03:49 AM PST
by
NTW64
(...)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:04:59 AM PST
by
BufordP
(Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
To: NTW64
The plane was flying a mile every 1.6 seconds, well above our Mach 3.2 limit.I guess ... that would be mach 7.76851 or 5760 mph, but I'm sure there is an altitude correction in there. Still, they were on their way to Warp 1.
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:17:28 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Thermalseeker
It was an incredible accomplishment for its time.
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:18:18 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: MNJohnnie
FYI..The plane was originally designated the RS-71. When LBJ mistakenly leaked the news of its existence, he misspoke and called it the SR-71. Immediately, that’s how it became referred to.
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:21:30 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:27:46 AM PST
by
RedRightReturn
(Do you know how to catch wild pigs?)
To: MNJohnnie
I love that bit about calling ATC for a ground speed check. Can you imagine hearing that come over the headphones?
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:40:55 AM PST
by
gridlock
(They don't call us "The Stupid Party" for nuthin'!)
To: MNJohnnie
Need to get som Saran Wrap to protect my monitor...
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:47:49 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: gridlock
...and the best part is that by the end of the story, you realize he still had another 600 knots in the sticks!!!
600 KNOTS MORE!!!
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:56:03 AM PST
by
RedRightReturn
(Do you know how to catch wild pigs?)
To: MNJohnnie
What an absolute great read. I loved that jet as a kid. I had two model plane versions of it as a kid (hanging on fishing line from the ceiling) and one large poster of it on the wall. The jet is engineering genius.
Thanks for the post and bringing back some childhood memories.
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posted on
03/07/2008 5:59:52 AM PST
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: Moonman62
It was an incredible accomplishment for its time.
"For its time"? Which country has since then equaled it?
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:04:20 AM PST
by
sport
To: NonValueAdded
I think your initial calculation may be off:
A mile every 1.6 seconds = 37.5 miles per Minute
37.5 MPM * 60 minutes per Hour = 2250 MPH
2250 MPH / Mach 3.2 = 703.125 Mach 1 Speed that day***
*** I believe that Mach 1 speed can vary due to temperature, altitude, and barometric pressure, but it’s usually around 700 MPH.
Someone will be along to help us soon!
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:12:23 AM PST
by
RedRightReturn
(Do you know how to catch wild pigs?)
To: Thermalseeker
Was at the annual air show at Dayton in the 80’s when I was Air Force. Remember a fly by of an SR 71. The announcer said “ the SR 71 is taking off from Beale AFB ( CA) and will be overhead in about 45 MINUTES.” That is moving.....
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:19:28 AM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: NTW64
Flying low at 2,125 mph? Whats maximum speed at altitude?
That my friend is still classified information.
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:21:21 AM PST
by
mountainlyons
(confused conservative)
To: MNJohnnie
Some Eye Candy to go along with the story...
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:37:22 AM PST
by
rottndog
(2008 Marches on...)
To: NonValueAdded; NTW64
Good grief! Read the story!
They exceed Mach 3.5 (2650 mph) and 80,000 ft.
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posted on
03/07/2008 6:46:19 AM PST
by
G Larry
(HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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