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SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

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Re: SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

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Post by rosser »

UnknownSource wrote: post #2

Saw this the other week (I think its been posted to hacker news before). It's actually surprisingly easy to understand, even for private barely-trained pilot's.

I'm sure I wasn't the first to see it, but I posted it last Thursday. I'm not surprised it didn't get any traction, though; the Dow was busy eating its own head around the same time.

Re: SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

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Post by ibejoeb »

rosser wrote: post #5
UnknownSource wrote: post #2

Saw this the other week (I think its been posted to hacker news before). It's actually surprisingly easy to understand, even for private barely-trained pilot's.

I'm sure I wasn't the first to see it, but I posted it last Thursday. I'm not surprised it didn't get any traction, though; the Dow was busy eating its own head around the same time.

I'm pretty sure there's a section in here about nose-dives...

Re: SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

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Post by ehnus »

My favorite section is emergency procedures which contains gems like this:

"If both the A and B hydraulic systems fail as indicated by illumination of the A HYD and B HYD warning lights and confirmed by loss of A and B hydraulic pressure and deteriorating control effectiveness:

1. Eject"

Re: SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

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Post by aperiodic »

This plane never ceases to astound me.

It was so fast the standard evasive maneuver when it was shot at was simply to increase speed. There was just no missile that could catch it.

During flight, the plane would heat up so much from friction that it would expand significantly–as a consequence, the plane leaked fuel on the ground, since the fuel transfer system only fit together right at 600 degrees Fahrenheit.

Truly a marvel of human ingenuity.

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