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re: The CIA A12 (SR71 Blackbird eats its dust)
Posted on 6/14/16 at 3:03 pm to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 6/14/16 at 3:03 pm to Tigeralum2008
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If these are the specs of a 30 year old airframe
Try 50 :-)
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Posted on 6/14/16 at 5:04 pm to griswold
Had to do a special inspection on one in 1988. Met one of the original design engineers.
Little known fact. When they designed the plane they theorized it would need replacement structures every 25 flights or so. Real world they found out the airframe actually got stronger with each high-speed flight,
Learn something new every day. ;)
Little known fact. When they designed the plane they theorized it would need replacement structures every 25 flights or so. Real world they found out the airframe actually got stronger with each high-speed flight,
Learn something new every day. ;)
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