General Curtis E. LeMay was inspecting one of his B-29 crews prior to a mission when the Aircraft Commander came up to the General who was at the time smoking his cigar:
A/C "General, there's no smoking within 50 feet of the aircraft, It could explode."
LeMay "It wouldn't dare!"
What is the difference between an SR-71 and a Porcupine?
The Porcupine has it's "salamanders" on the outside.
An ex SR-71 Jock, (Colonel Joe Kinego, Deputy Commander for Operations 28 BMW/DO) who I used to work for when I was at Ellsworth AFB, SD, was once explaining to a young, buxom and none too bright Command Post Controller that the SR-71 A/C and RSO had to completely brief what they would say BEFORE each mission as the aircraft flew so fast (Mach 3+) that if the RSO tried to talk to the Pilot, the pilot would never hear what was said because of flying faster than the speed of sound....Conversely, the RSO wouldn't be able to understand what the pilot said as it would go by much too fast.
