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.
Satellites.
"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.
Believe me, they still have an ultra high speed delivery/recon vehicle.
Sattelites are not always in the right place when you need them.
Good Lord, I sure hope so. < |:)~
Hate to burst that bubble. It's not an SR-71. This is an A-12.
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....
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.
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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.
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.
That sound plausable. I wouldn't doubt it.
No. The manual has been declassified on the parameters of the airframe.
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.
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