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The coolest spy plane ever built, SR-71.
Various ^ | 2-5-05

Posted on 02/05/2005 3:15:15 PM PST by Indy Pendance

Edited on 02/05/2005 3:17:49 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]

The coolest spy plane ever built, SR-71. I was watching Modern Marvels on the History channel last night. This aircraft broke all kinds of international speed and altitude records which still have not been beaten today. It was nothing for them to fly at 80,000 feet and it was a piece of cake to fly at about mach 3, or about 2100 mph. For those of you old enough, remember the sonic boom days? About 750 miles would create a sonic boom, or a doppler effect.

Here's the question, this plane was so fast, it was faster than the earth's rotation. What would happen with time over a long sustainable period of flying time? If it goes faster than the earth's rotation long enough, will it be ahead of time when it lands, or likewise in the opposite direction, will it go back in time. Do you think Einstein has an answer? Saturday night ponderings.



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KEYWORDS: flight; miltech; speedofsoundx5; spyplane; sr71
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To: djf
Wonder what they're flying now?

Satellites.

81 posted on 02/05/2005 3:56:55 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Connie Cardullo

"But, they do age minutely less than the rest of us because of gravitational differences."

However, they do age more because of their increased radiation exposure.


82 posted on 02/05/2005 3:57:24 PM PST by rottndog (WOOF!)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness
2 442 ci v8s on a platform. It had a seat in the middle with a 4 speed synchronized gearbox and uncorked headers on the motors. Loud as hell.
It was used to bring the turbines up to a high enough RPM to start. Worked on the SR-71 in 1975.
83 posted on 02/05/2005 3:58:00 PM PST by MarIboro
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To: Sonny M

Believe me, they still have an ultra high speed delivery/recon vehicle.

Sattelites are not always in the right place when you need them.


84 posted on 02/05/2005 3:58:50 PM PST by djf
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To: yarddog
My daughter is prettier than you.

Good Lord, I sure hope so. < |:)~

85 posted on 02/05/2005 3:58:55 PM PST by martin_fierro (_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
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To: Indy Pendance
"If you were traveling in your car faster than the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on - would they do anything?"
Steven Wright
86 posted on 02/05/2005 3:58:56 PM PST by Connie Cardullo
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To: Indy Pendance
I think, I head that, that was normal for the Blackbird to leak when it was on the ground and at cold temps not at operation temps. The engineers who designed the Blackbird had to design it that way because of the expansion and contraction of the metal.
They had to compensate for that , for when the plane was at operation temps, that is when the fuel stopped leaking.
87 posted on 02/05/2005 3:59:25 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: martin_fierro

Hate to burst that bubble. It's not an SR-71. This is an A-12.


88 posted on 02/05/2005 4:00:06 PM PST by Tommyjo
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To: Flightdeck
How pathetic can a guy get?

How about "It depends on what the meaning of 'is" is."

You'd be surprised. I looked at one of the Robert Caro biography series on LBJ after I heard Caro
promoting them.

A power chair to raise above his staff, regularly emptying his bladder in the Senate parking garage when women
walk by, ...

What's a name change when you're that power mad?

OTOH, I guess is was before the days of WP and global search and replace....

89 posted on 02/05/2005 4:00:08 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: SpyGuy

Not really, I'm directing this thread to the real meaning of time travel, faster than the speed of light, not sound. But, this plane, the sr-71 was the coolest plane ever built. It's not 'pretty' like the stealth's, but it did an awesome job. It was vital in the Israel war in the early 70's. I'm not basing anything I write here on hollywood. They don't interest me. Just an FYI on my background, I'm a degreed engineer with an MBA.


90 posted on 02/05/2005 4:00:25 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: boomop1
I have refueled it we used the KC-135Q called us the secret squirrel's
91 posted on 02/05/2005 4:00:31 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Indy Pendance

mark


92 posted on 02/05/2005 4:02:44 PM PST by Ibredd
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To: djf
Sattelites are not always in the right place when you need them.

No, but they do a good enough job, and you can get all the same effects.

There's no need to build and fly a recon jet at this point, most of the photo's you see on the news are satellite pics in respect to locations.

As far as I know, I don't think we even use recon jets anymore (strict recon/spy only). I'm sure bombers and other jets may and can do dual roles, but nothing that is single specialty spy plane stuff.

93 posted on 02/05/2005 4:02:49 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Indy Pendance

There is a SR-71 on display At the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Kansas. Before they let Spaceworks put it in thier museum The Pentagon wanted to be sure they could get it out of the Museum if they had to. so The Museum was built so that big bird could be moved out if needed be.

Kansas Cosmosphere

94 posted on 02/05/2005 4:02:53 PM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

That sound plausable. I wouldn't doubt it.


95 posted on 02/05/2005 4:03:22 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: spower

No. The manual has been declassified on the parameters of the airframe.


96 posted on 02/05/2005 4:03:41 PM PST by Tommyjo
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To: Indy Pendance
You sound more than qualified. No question.

"..directing this thread," though ?

Good luck. FR threads go where they want. Next thing you know, there will be a bunny with a pancake on its head here.
97 posted on 02/05/2005 4:03:51 PM PST by Connie Cardullo
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To: SpyGuy
I am not a scientist, but, the only conclusion I can come up with is, time is time, and no matter how fast you travel ( even though, you can get to one place sooner ) time ( as in, linerial time ) stays the same.
99 posted on 02/05/2005 4:04:18 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Indy Pendance

Most of the time they just put enough fuel in it to get it airborne. Then it met the Tanker and filled up in the air.


100 posted on 02/05/2005 4:05:03 PM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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