This is a remarkably slow website for such a fast plane.
It's probably being overloaded by HN readers right now. Try this: http://web.archive.org/web/20190509220204/https://www.sr-71....
Blackbird SR-71 Flight Manual (2010)
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#22A comment[0] by ehnus[1] from last time this was submitted[2] said: > 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" ======== [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1338777…
What other options would you have in such an extreme situation? It seems to make sense to me.
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#23This thread is lacking the Blackbird ground speed check. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-10791270....
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#24A comment[0] by ehnus[1] from last time this was submitted[2] said: > 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" ======== [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1338777…
What other options would you have in such an extreme situation? It seems to make sense to me.
Right, you have no control over the lift surfaces in this scenario. This would be the equivalent of your steering wheel suddenly not turning the wheels.
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#25No Blackbird post is complete without a link to the Speed Check story:
https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/speed-chec...
It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew.
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#26I once got around two thirds through a certificate for flying ultralight planes. It sort of stopped making sense to me when we were practicing emergency landings over forest and I was told to aim for trees with thinner trunks. This is sitting inside a cramped metal can with the engine in your lap and propeller in your face. There are so many ways to die in that situation that focusing on the diameter of tree trunks w…
I would think you'd want a good clump of green tree canopy to hopefully take the impact "slowly" and stop the plane without the sudden smashing associated with crashing.
Such as:
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#27A comment[0] by ehnus[1] from last time this was submitted[2] said: > 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" ======== [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1338777…
What other options would you have in such an extreme situation? It seems to make sense to me.
Yes, airplane check lists do tend to make sense.
Still, there is some humour in the laconic terseness and finality of that checklist, which is probably why it was brought up.
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#29Is there a single page PDF?
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