What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
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What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
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Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#2I didn't make it past the first lovely sentence. "With a sleek needle nose and a swept double-delta wing with two prominent nacelles, the supersonic SR-1 Blackbird spy plane is the stuff aviation legend."
SR-1? "Stuff aviation legend"? I'd expect a little better editing from Popular Mechanics.
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#3My favorite story about the SR-71 being badass: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#4My favorite story about the SR-71 being badass: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...
Fuck yeah, that is a badass story. Thanks for link!
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#5My favorite story about the SR-71 being badass: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...
That ones great, but I always like the question of how slow it could fly:
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-...
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#6The first I remember reading about the "Blackbird" was in the _The Uncanny X-Men_, during the Claremont & Byrne run in the early 80's. Their jet was modeled on the SR-71, although I don't recall if they explicitly mentioned that model number.
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#7For anyone who's interested in this stuff, I highly recommend the book "Skunk Works" – about Lockheed's famous operation that designed the SR-71, U-2, F-117 (stealth fighter), etc.
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#8If you like the SR-71, and are interested in other Skunk Works projects like the U-2 and F-117, the book Skunk Works is a great read (and also a great audio book).
https://www.amazon.com/Skunk-Works-Personal-Memoir-Lockheed/...
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#9" The U-2 can still fly higher than the Global Hawk, carry a greater payload, and its sensors have more of a slant range. The Global Hawk also lacks de-icing equipment and countermeasures against Russian SAMs. We may be entering the age of drones, but old-fashioned piloted planes can still do a thing or two."
Why not just copy the U2 and make an improved, unmanned version?
Re: What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)
#10My favorite story about the SR-71 being badass: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...
A good one (although some may dislike it):
On the way back from a mission to the middle east, they ended up flying over France, even though France had refused them clearance. They were flying low and slow (relative terms obviously), and the pilot looked to his left and saw a French Mirage just off his left wing.
The Mirage pilot called over and requested their diplomatic clearance code. The SR-71 pilot told the Mirage to hold on. The reconnaissance systems officer (RCO, the other guy in the plane) then informed the pilot that the code had been transmitted and they went back up to full speed and left the Mirage quickly behind.
The code that the RCO transmitted? The middle finger.