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SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Trolls Arrogant Fighter Pilot with Ground Speed Check.
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| July 15, 2016
| Tribunist Staff
Posted on 12/28/2016 8:20:44 PM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: Southack
There is only one trainer left that seats two.
The other one crashed.
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posted on
12/29/2016 6:23:42 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: AFreeBird
Thanks, bookmarked for future study.
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posted on
12/29/2016 6:56:09 PM PST
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Right Wing Assault
I remember the SR-71 being present at the 1986 Abbotsford International Air Show, but did not see it fly. Still have a videotape that does show flight but nothing to play it in. BTW, the Concorde did a slow fly by under the cloud deck which I did see. I also remember nearly breaking Mach 1 from Washington State to get to the airshow on time.
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posted on
12/29/2016 8:04:40 PM PST
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steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Ozark Tom
"...The Pratt & Whitney J58 documentation for that application covered a range of figures up to Mach 4.2, coordinating altitude, range, fuel burn rate, power derating based on altitude above FL72, etc. The chart curves indicated Mach ~3.2 gave the best range....." Ah Yes! Here's my little souvenir from the early '60s that the engine development team had at the time. Even the coffee cups were classified back then.
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posted on
12/30/2016 1:07:15 AM PST
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lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: BulletBobCo
My favorite ATC story:
I was a primary student... still needed solo hours to get my ticket. I had just departed PAO (Palo Alto, CA) and turned East to head off for my solo cross-country. At PAO, we were boxed in by the SFO airspace, but usually tried to get the max altitude without entering it. I was most of the way across the bay, on flight-following with “Bay approach” RADAR guys in Oakland.
“Tomahawk Six-Niner-Foxtrot, traffic ahead five miles, right-to-left, a Concord.
Sure enough there was a Concord headed for Oakland right in front of me. Very cool.
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posted on
12/30/2016 2:44:23 PM PST
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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