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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:05 AM Original message |
How To Fly An SR-71 Blackbird |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I could not resist touching one at Edward's Air Force Base |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I got to see AF1 at Edwards and some other fun stuff as well... |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I was a US Navy jet engine mechanic for ten years |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. In NY there is one on an aircraft carrier |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. On a carrier? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It is on the USS Intrepid, docked at pier 86, at 46th street on the Hudson... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I would like to see a Blackbird try to take off from a carrier |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. The USS Intrepid's a museum ship. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Maybe it's just me |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I saw plenty of U2s at Osan |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That surprised me, too. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I've seen the one at Wright Pat |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Funny, I saw one at Lackland, I thought it was big. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Very very fast! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Step one: find a qualified pilot which I am not. nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Actually, step one for me is to FIND an SR-71 available for a 'test drive' |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I bet I could crash one! I bet I could crash the living shit out of it better than anyone! |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I bet with proper training, one could punch a really big hole in the desert with a SR-71 |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. So no barrel rolls? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting link. I had long forgotten how poorly written Air Force dash ones are |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. WARNING |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Just don't stick chewing gum on the surveillance camera . . . |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I'm with you... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Heh heh. "Bat wings." |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. One of the pics in the comments is badass! |
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