Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ABDCWOT on September 04, 2011, 04:46:43 AM
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enjoy...
http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/7821-Major-Brian-Shul-I-loved-that-jet.html
-AB
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enjoy...
http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/7821-Major-Brian-Shul-I-loved-that-jet.html
-AB
Such a beautiful Aircraft. A true legend to be admired by history :salute to the plane, and pilot.
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Thanks for posting
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Awesome.
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:aok :salute
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Another Story about "Slow Flight" in an SR71
Slow flight for some young lads (http://blogengeezer.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/sr-71-how-slow-it-go/)
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Neat story,
I noticed he didn't ever say what the peak mach was, only that it was over 3.5 and still accelerating. Seems odd that he didn't, there is no reason those numbers would still be classified is there? :noid
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Neat story,
I noticed he didn't ever say what the peak mach was, only that it was over 3.5 and still accelerating. Seems odd that he didn't, there is no reason those numbers would still be classified is there? :noid
your very right...but the air force/ government, whoever is in charge of declassifing info may still have it close gaureded for soem reason. then again, he may not have put it in there just because he didnt. in the end, how many pilots can say theyve flown mach 3.5?
amazing story...how i want to fly right now. :cry
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When i was stationed in Okinawa Japan, I had the privilege of seeing the SR-71 aka "Habu" named for the snake on Oki flying many times. One of the traits of the 71 is when it is coming in the leading edges are glowing red. On one particular night when i was at the beach in Naha with my fiance' at the time she looked up and saw what looked like a plane on fire.. with the angle we were at compared to where the plane was coming in, that is what it looked like. As soon as it got in closer that is when I noticed what it was and told her. Her first question is ... why did the light it on fire, referring to the hot leading edges. All i could do was laugh and I went ahead and explained it to her why the leading edges were glowing.
I think the best time was when at the airshow Kadena has, they had one of their Habu's out and I was able to get a close up inspection of the A/C and was generally impressed, the only bad part was, it was marking its spot on the tarmac. I had the opportunity get up on the access ladder and get a lookie inside, wholly moses what a complex set of controls.
Still one of the prettiest birds around.
LawnDart
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Neat story,
I noticed he didn't ever say what the peak mach was, only that it was over 3.5 and still accelerating. Seems odd that he didn't, there is no reason those numbers would still be classified is there? :noid
As far as i know, the top speed is still classified.
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As far as i know, the top speed is still classified.
any idea why?
I think the best time was when at the airshow Kadena has, they had one of their Habu's out and I was able to get a close up inspection of the A/C and was generally impressed, the only bad part was, it was marking its spot on the tarmac. I had the opportunity get up on the access ladder and get a lookie inside, wholly moses what a complex set of controls.
Still one of the prettiest birds around.
LawnDart
im jealous :cry
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They say its mach 3.5 but at 80,000+ ft theres no telling how fast that thing will go.
:aok Excelent post
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any idea why?
It's the fastest plane in the world.
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It's the fastest plane in the world.
Correction. It's the fastest (manned, air breathing) plane in the world that we know about. :noid
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It's the fastest plane in the world.
but its been out of service for how many years? what would/could we lose if the speed is released?