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To: oceanview
It can be refuel in air. that's a given.
665 posted on 11/27/2003 11:26:15 AM PST by demlosers ( The Evil Empire is burning.... ;-))
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To: demlosers
The SR-71 takes off w/ 8% of total fuel capacity, fueled in air about 150 miles out, then goes into supersonic flight mode, capable of flying at up to 200k feet and to deeply penetrating airspace of a nation w/ a vast frontier such as the Soviet Union, more than twice as high as the U-2 spy plane, once and again the premier reconnnassiance aircraft for the U.S.

There was also research in applying the design to a supersonic strategic bomber, but that never materialized.
1,976 posted on 12/01/2003 3:53:29 PM PST by Schwaeky (Let Justice be done though the heavens fall)
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