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The Lockheed SR-71/YF-12

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  • This is a real military aircraft, and don't forget

    that it is a plane of the sixties. Still amazing today.


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    Lets see the reactions on this plane .....?

    Andre
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  • According to my information these planes have a bit

    more power than the Concorde, but then they don't

    carry any passengers either.

    Lien !

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Post by EBAW_flyer »

I saw the aircraft about 3 years ago in New York, on an aircraft carrier. It is simply pure beauty and power. I believe it crosses the Atlantic in about 30 minutes. Just crazy :D .

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  • Hi EBAW_flyer,
    I saw the aircraft about 3 years ago in New York, on an aircraft carrier. It is simply pure beauty and power. I believe it crosses the Atlantic in about 30 minutes. Just crazy

    This is a beautiful sentence, I couldn't have said it any better.

    Lien !

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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The world's fastest aircraft. Superb plane, always good to see it in airshows. What else can I say?
Sabena and Sobelair - gone but never forgotten.
Louise

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  • Hello Comet,

    Both of you and Lien know a lot concerning aviation.

    This is quite rare among women.

    Andre

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Post by 744rules »

Are they still operational (officially :wink: ) ?

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Post by 777 »

No, they have ceased service quite a while ago,
but there is one parked on the exposed Aircraft
Carrier in the port of New York (museum).

Andre

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Post by 777 »

The pics are back, sorry but I use several servers and some are down sometimes.


Andre

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Post by Lien »

  • Hello Comet,

    Both of you and Lien know a lot concerning aviation.

    This is quite rare among women.

    Andre

    Hellooo....! so you do care about us ?

    Lien !

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Comet / Louise,

Don't do too enthusiastic about this SR-71. It's a military aircraft !!! :wink: :wink: :wink:

Saw it flying a few (too less) times in the USA. One of the most imposing planes I ever saw :D :D :D
Keep 'Em Flying !!

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777 wrote:
  • Hello Comet,

    Both of you and Lien know a lot concerning aviation.

    This is quite rare among women.

    Andre
Thank you Andre.

That comes from being a spotter from the age of four (well almost, I found a photo of me at an airport watching the aircraft taken when I was four years old)!

I enjoy flying and so I decided to take an interest in the actual aircraft themselves as well.

I would love to have flown one myself!
Sabena and Sobelair - gone but never forgotten.
Louise

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71's used to live in the UK as well as the US having a special faclity at Mildenhall. It was a treat to see the doors of their hangar open and watch a Blackbird taxi out and take off - an impressive sight, and noisy too.

Upon landing large fans were attched around the undercarriage to cool the brakes and tyres, and when sitting on the tarmac(ramp) large trays were placed underneath the wings to collect fuel which dripped through the wing seams. These closed up at altitude and speed due to heat expansion of the titanium structure. (Concorde had the same expansion but not the fuel leaks - in flight you could put your fist between the bulkhead and the FE's panel which on the ground were flush)

A very special aircraft for a very special mission, the whole package must have cost a fortune - the SR-71 even had its own dedicated tankers as it did not use normal jet fuel.

Meerkat

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Post by twan01 »

Meerkat,

You're right they didn't use normal fuel.
The fuel they used costed more a litre than the most expensive whisky (This isn't a joke) and it burned probably more in a hour than I'll drink in my whole life :wink: :wink: :wink:
Keep 'Em Flying !!

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Post by twan01 »

Two very interesting books about the SR-71 are
"The Untouchables" ISBN 0-929823-12-5 and
"Sled Driver" ISBN 0-929823-28-7
Both are writen by Brian Shul former pilot of the "Sled", the SR-71 nickname, with very interesting stories and marvellous pictures. If you are lucky you can still find and buy them at www.amazon.com

From the second book you can now also buy a special limited edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of flight, which is signed by some of the SR-71 pilots. However this edition costs 427.00 US $

More info about this book can be found on www.SledDriver.com :teach: :teach: :teach:
Keep 'Em Flying !!

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Post by Lien »

The SR-71 seemed to be a thirsty bird, maybe it will fly better on Champagne.


Lien !

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Post by twan01 »

Lien,

For the SR-71 there would be too much bubbles in the champagne, for the champagne it would be a shame to use it that way, and I know a lot better ways to consume it. :wink: :wink: :wink:
Keep 'Em Flying !!

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Post by YACHTIE »

For some more SR-71 pics see:
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/douglas32/i ... 92-1_1.JPG
or
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/douglas32/i ... 71Para.gif

Definitely one awesome aircraft in its time..... :P

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