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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis
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"On June 2, 1990 the SR-71 Blackbird made it's final flight for the US Military. And being the SR-71, it did it in style by setting the LA to Washington DC speed record of 1 hour, 4 minutes and 20 seconds. The average speed of the flight was 2,145 mph. The actual distance is 2,600+ land miles." |
You picked a good one! Always thought it was interesting that the engines on that airplane didn't have any igniters and that it was basically always in afterburner. The outer skin held the fuel in and it leaked like crazy till the skin got hot and expanded. Also interesting that every time it went over Mach 2.5 it re-tempered the air frame due to the heat. Would have been a neat one to fly.
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Originally Posted by zbugger
Looking good Curtis.
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Thanks brother. Hopefully it will be home before to much longer.
