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Offline Reaper90

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Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« on: October 12, 2012, 05:42:06 AM »
came across this link on another aviation webforums in a discussion about the Redbull freefall attempt, discussion had turned to the subject of high (supersonic) speeds and their effect on the human body, and the ability of a suit to protect a pilot or astronaut at such high speeds.

read this account, and was completely in awe.

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Test pilots for sure had solid titanium balls.

 :eek: :eek:
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Offline Wayout

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2012, 06:26:13 AM »
Quote from: Reaper90 on October 12, 2012, 05:42:06 AM
Test pilots for sure had solid titanium balls.

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Offline rogwar

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2012, 08:14:15 AM »
Wow!

Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 09:19:42 AM »
Great read.
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2012, 10:53:48 AM »
pretty amazing.. :aok
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Offline Nypsy

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2012, 10:57:33 AM »
SR-71 was a fantastic plane but traveling at Mach 3.2 right on the edge of a stall made it a handful and dangerous.
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Offline homersipes

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2012, 04:17:23 PM »
thats friggin crazy :O :O
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2012, 07:01:26 PM »
 Thanks for posting that.
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Offline Debrody

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2012, 07:15:15 PM »
Wow.
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2012, 08:22:20 PM »
and the hand of God plucked them from the wreckage and gently placed them 1.5 miles from a rancher with a helicopter....

Awesome story!!!! I am definitely sharing this with others  :rock
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Offline RedBull1

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2012, 08:54:05 PM »
truly amazing and a great read! Thanks for posting  :salute
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2012, 09:47:03 PM »
Quote from: Fud on October 12, 2012, 08:22:20 PM
and the hand of God plucked them from the wreckage and gently placed them 1.5 miles from a rancher with a helicopter....

Awesome story!!!! I am definitely sharing this with others  :rock
Too bad, Jim died. :(
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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2012, 09:49:34 PM »
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Quote from: hitech on January 25, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2012, 10:03:54 PM »
Quote from: MarineUS on October 12, 2012, 09:47:03 PM
Too bad, Jim died. :(


Yeah... The hand of God snapped his neck and gently placed him 1.5 miles from a rancher with a helicopter....

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Amazing survival story for the pilot though. Truly remarkable!
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: Surviving SR-71 breakup at Mach 3.18
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2012, 10:04:12 PM »
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