sinker 0 #1 September 22, 2003 some pics for those w/ good taste in planes... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #2 September 22, 2003 Ok, I want one. Where do I sign up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #3 September 22, 2003 ...not even if you sold your soul to satan... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #4 September 22, 2003 Damn....I so would love to go fly in one of those. Drool!!!!Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #5 September 22, 2003 I fart in the SR-71's general direction. This is a man's plane... xxx, Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #6 September 22, 2003 I never knew you were such a plane enthusiast. You're interest in planes is similar to my interest in cars. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #7 September 22, 2003 This is a man's plane...*** where does the afterburner flames exit? just imagine that little baby gerkin triplane putzing along at oh, 25-30 kts at 200 feet when.... ZAMM POW SWOOSH... along flies the glories blackbird so fast the red baron gets but a black blur in his visual field... and the wake pulls the plane apart like a piece of rice paper... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #8 September 22, 2003 hey buddy... yup, planes are an obsession for me. you feelin any better? -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #9 September 22, 2003 No. They upped my pain meds this weekend. On top of that, I've come down with the trots. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #10 September 22, 2003 This is the plane that captivated me at childhood. This is the plane that continues to fill me with awe. I want to get my pilots license I'm working on my Skydivers license Being in the air, has happened in my life, because my first pic of this plane when I was a kid. To cool for words. peace, jjf i was born in a crossfire hurricaneIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #11 September 22, 2003 I concur. It's gratifying to know that they are in service again. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #12 September 22, 2003 oh man, I'm sorry to hear. the hershey squirts are the worst... might be the pain meds, common side effect. prayers, bro... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #13 September 22, 2003 me too... I distinctly remember my first experience w/ the HABU... I was 3 or 4 (good memory I guess), we were living in Okinawa Japan where the SR frequently landed. My dad was an SP in the AF and was able to take my up fairly close (but not TOO close, said the man w/ the M-16...). Then, as a teenager, I lived at Edwards AFB where it was not at all uncommon to see them flying around. One did a low level flyby over the AFB high school there while we were running cross country... was the coolest shit I've ever seen. -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #14 September 22, 2003 In his book," Sled Driver," SR- 71/ Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (his backseater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace." "Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope. I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its groundspeed. "90 knots" Center replied. Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same. "120 knots," Center answered. "We weren't the only ones proud of our groundspeed that day.. as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, "Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests groundspeed readout." "There was a slight pause, then the response, "525 knots on the ground, Dusty". "Another silent pause. As I was thinking to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming from my backseater. It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison. "Center, Aspen 20, you got a groundspeed readout for us?" There was a longer than normal pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots" "No further inquiries were heard on that frequency" ~~~~~~~~~~ In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles Center reported receiving a request for clearance to FL 600 (60,000ft). The incredulous controller, with some disdain in his voice, asked, "How do you plan to get up to 60,000 feet? The pilot (obviously a sled driver), responded, " We don't plan to go up to it, we plan to go down to it." He was cleared...Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #15 September 22, 2003 Wasn't this thing drawn on a napkin the night before the presentation to build a bigger badder splyplane? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #16 September 22, 2003 I love that book! Thanks for the excerpts, I'll have to dig it up again and re-read... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #17 September 22, 2003 Quoteme too... I distinctly remember my first experience w/ the HABU... I was 3 or 4 (good memory I guess), we were living in Okinawa Japan where the SR frequently landed. My dad was an SP in the AF and was able to take my up fairly close (but not TOO close, said the man w/ the M-16...). Then, as a teenager, I lived at Edwards AFB where it was not at all uncommon to see them flying around. One did a low level flyby over the AFB high school there while we were running cross country... was the coolest shit I've ever seen. Now I'm incredibly jealous, my only view was pics, in fact, it was the first Revell model I ever put together. Looked like shit after I built it, but I still loved it. to cool for words man, jjfIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #18 September 22, 2003 well, don't be TOO jealous, our neighbor across the street at Edwards AFB was a desk jockey at the Palmdale Lockheed plant... he was around the beauties every day... the stories he could tell... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #19 September 22, 2003 And for everything that plane could do it was designed in the 60's by a lot of guys with nothing more than slide-rules and a vision. It also went from concept to working prototype in record time, and we still don't really have much that will compete with it to this day...that we know of. The U2 will go high but it can't outrun a missle. Sigh....SR-71. You have to admire a plane that goes so fast it takes 3 states to pull a U-turn.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #20 September 22, 2003 Sigh....SR-71. You have to admire a plane that goes so fast it takes 3 states to pull a U-turn.*** LOL! That desk jockey that used to live across the street from us at Edwards? His job was sort of public relations... when an upcoming sortie loomed, it was his deplorable task to call up officials in the particular states where a turn or fly over would be occuring... he hated that part... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #21 September 22, 2003 QuoteI concur. It's gratifying to know that they are in service again. bwahahahaha! Just because they were decomissioned doesn't mean they were decomissioned, ya know? It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #22 September 22, 2003 Well, I meant back officially with USAF duty, versus NASA and "other" projects...ahem... So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #23 September 22, 2003 My dad used to tell me stories about fueling and preflights on these birds. The hoses would be hooked up, and the JP-7 would be running out of the body almost as fast as they were dumping it in. He couldn't believe this was right, but was told that #1, this baby flew so fast that the heat and friction from flight made the body swell so much that it sealed the fuel tanks. If they were sealed tight on the ground, they would rupture in flight, and #2 on a long distance recon flight (Take off Germany, land Pacific Theatre) that they would expend all (or close to it) of their fuel in take off and climb to what was essentially a low earth orbit, flame out, and literally glide overhead, to come down on the other side. There is just so much that isn't in the history books.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #24 September 22, 2003 Thanks for the memories dude. That first pic (#2) is the best pic you can get to show the bad assed attitude profile of that bird! thanks again!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #25 September 22, 2003 Dayum.. all those pictures.. and not a single drip pan showing When those things sat someplace they usually dripped fuel all over. Jeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
