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Posted on 4/29/17 at 9:45 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 4/29/17 at 9:48 pm to bbvdd
you say to-may-to, I say to mah-to 
Posted on 4/29/17 at 9:52 pm to 777Tiger
This is a test. Not sure if I can post a link of a pic from iPhone.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 9:58 pm to bbvdd
you got me bro, that extra thirteen knots smokes the SR, the extra 5000' is because it carried about half of the gear needed to do the job 
Posted on 4/29/17 at 11:01 pm to beachdude
quote:
In WW2 Yeager escaped on foot through Spain after being shot down over France.
And convinced the higher ups to allow him to fly and fight again.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 11:58 pm to bbvdd
Aurora was faster than both...
And what we're flying now is not even fair.
And what we're flying now is not even fair.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:03 am to IceTiger
quote:
Aurora was faster than both...
Has it ever been proven to exist?
quote:
And what we're flying now is not even fair.
No doubt
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:17 am to mpar98
The SR-71 has always been my favorite airplane. The B2 is 2nd. The SR-71 is technological beauty. 
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:20 am to Ponchy Tiger
quote:
Has it ever been proven to exist?
Proven to whom? Just because something isn't proven to the public at large, doesn't mean it isn't/wasn't there.
It flew from the early 80s to roughly '94...
They only flew the blackbird at that time as a cover for the Aurora...
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:22 am to drewnbrla
quote:
The SR-71 has always been my favorite airplane. The B2 is 2nd. The SR-71 is technological beauty
There is one at the Air Museum at Robins AFB GA, Free to the public, and it's outside the gate.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:37 am to IceTiger
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Proven to whom? Just because something isn't proven to the public at large, doesn't mean it isn't/wasn't there.
I am not doubting just asking if it has ever been revealed.
Its crazy to think of how long ago the SR-71 was developed. How far technology has advanced in that time till today and consider if we have advanced that same distance in aviation. What do they have now? It's beyond any of our imagination.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:26 am to 777Tiger
It's annoying as frick when a person can't just admit that they are wrong. "shite, I didn't know that" is a lot easier than coming up with the three lame arse excuses you used to make you more right.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:43 am to mpar98
I got to spend about 20 minutes talking one on one with an old retired skunk works engineer at the Udvar Hazy Smithsonian Air and Space Annex a few years back. One of the most memorable conversations of my life.
He told a story that one of the first times they showed the plane off to VIPs, they had just completed a flight and the exterior of the plane was scorching hot. When it pulled into the hanger it set off the fire system and soaked the VIPS.
He also had a slide rule app on his Ipad and explained how they did the math. It was basically build something, then have a test pilot fly it. what amazed me the most was how much faster planes went from pen to production back then.
He told a story that one of the first times they showed the plane off to VIPs, they had just completed a flight and the exterior of the plane was scorching hot. When it pulled into the hanger it set off the fire system and soaked the VIPS.
He also had a slide rule app on his Ipad and explained how they did the math. It was basically build something, then have a test pilot fly it. what amazed me the most was how much faster planes went from pen to production back then.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:45 am to nicklsu
do you still have to take a shuttle to see the Valkyrie?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:47 am to OysterPoBoy
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These former Blackhawk pilots are chattier than Navy SEALs.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:47 am to elprez00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wigZsFypdyI
Here's a link to Brian Shul speaking for a little over an hour to the staff at Lawrence Livermore.
Don't start it until you have an hour free - guy can talk.
Here's a link to Brian Shul speaking for a little over an hour to the staff at Lawrence Livermore.
Don't start it until you have an hour free - guy can talk.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:51 am to beachdude
quote:Hmmm.....current POTUS don't like his pilots being captured or shot down - Yeager would be on his shite list.....5 heel spurs escaping Nam is the type stud we need.
In WW2 Yeager escaped on foot through Spain after being shot down over France.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:57 am to Ponchy Tiger
I'm not sure if there really is that many degrees of separation between what we can pull off and what is pubically known.
It's not a question of technology, but national and political will.
Back then you had massive pressure and fear regarding our capabilities vs the Russians. Necessity is the mother of invention, and our developments post Cold War have been rather evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Capabilities have been down sized and downsized. Congress isn't a blank check anymore for defense.
On top of all that, you have Joe Blows with smartphones ready to upload to the Internet everywhere as opposed to if an isolated eyewitness saw something, there was no realistic way to document and share it.
What's secret are the precise capabilities of our units. It's why they were reluctant to even let the F-22 fly out of US airspace for a very long time: they didn't want hostiles to start building a profile of the radar returns.
I don't believe we have the equivalent to the F-117 that we can roll out like in the First Gulf War that will literally rewrite the script of all modern warfare once unveiled hidden in Skunkworks or their equivalents.
I mean shite, forget black projects, we don't even have the best MBTs anymore, and we are still running a ~50 year old design. And as far as I know, there isn't a major project to replace them, expecting a service life with upgrades of another 30 years. Why? Because no one really sees the need for them anymore. They are "good enough." There isn't the pressure of an adversity to push for improvements and resources to deploy them.
It's not a question of technology, but national and political will.
Back then you had massive pressure and fear regarding our capabilities vs the Russians. Necessity is the mother of invention, and our developments post Cold War have been rather evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Capabilities have been down sized and downsized. Congress isn't a blank check anymore for defense.
On top of all that, you have Joe Blows with smartphones ready to upload to the Internet everywhere as opposed to if an isolated eyewitness saw something, there was no realistic way to document and share it.
What's secret are the precise capabilities of our units. It's why they were reluctant to even let the F-22 fly out of US airspace for a very long time: they didn't want hostiles to start building a profile of the radar returns.
I don't believe we have the equivalent to the F-117 that we can roll out like in the First Gulf War that will literally rewrite the script of all modern warfare once unveiled hidden in Skunkworks or their equivalents.
I mean shite, forget black projects, we don't even have the best MBTs anymore, and we are still running a ~50 year old design. And as far as I know, there isn't a major project to replace them, expecting a service life with upgrades of another 30 years. Why? Because no one really sees the need for them anymore. They are "good enough." There isn't the pressure of an adversity to push for improvements and resources to deploy them.
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 8:56 am to tokenBoiler
Thanks for the past hour!
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