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To: Red Badger

The cocpit temperature of the Blackbird was over 400 degrees. The space suited pilot could bake a cake in his lap. That was Mach 3.4 and the titanium was at it’s thermal limits. Good luck.


15 posted on 08/04/2015 11:18:37 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (Just scream and leap.)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Gonna need a bigger air conditioner.......................


19 posted on 08/04/2015 11:37:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
Cockpit temp? Better check that as the dash-board instruments (standard analog) would have warped and stopped functioning.

The jet glowed from the heat but the cockpit was pressurized and air conditioned and the pilot and WSO wore space-suite in case of decompression. . .wouldn't do to lose pressure and be sitting there in nothing but your green nomex flight suite.

Flying above 50,00 feet today requires you wear the space-suite. . .regulations. . .not saying I EVER went above 50K, not saying that, but it is a spectacular view from up there. . .

;-)

46 posted on 08/04/2015 3:31:34 PM PDT by Hulka
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