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  1. Gatorrari

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    This photo implies that the SR-71 was not truly black (like the F-4) but rather an extremely dark gray.
     
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  2. Bob Parks

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    When I saw it years ago , it was a dull "charcoal grey" to me, not black.
     
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  3. jcurry

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    matte vs gloss
     
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    My father said some pilots never did get good at flying formation with late war piston fighters because you were always fighting the torque unless you were in a P-38. This guy has it licked. Jets made formation flying much easier since they were pretty much torqueless.
     
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    I fly taildraggers, but taking-off in a Corsair with that long nose, huge torque, huge P-factor, and limited prop-to-ground clearance while in the 2-point attitude must really be a wild ride!
     
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  11. Bob Parks

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    Unless the photo is reversed , this the number two position. Anyway, no real problem.
     
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    yep, a lot less drag than leaving it on the wing
     
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  13. Mule

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    I have seen it both ways, and the experts on the internet can't decide either. But, no one on the internet has your experience, so I'm going with #2. :)
     
  14. tazandjan

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    Bob- That is number 3 on USAF aircraft. Left engine (pilot side) on my F-111s was number 1.
     
  15. Bob Parks

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    Thanks, i din't know that. Whatever it is, they can make a safe flight their destination. When I was in so many years ago, the number one was the right hand outboard engine and I could count that high. A few scotches now makes it tough at times, though. Doesn't matter much now, anyway.
     
  16. Bob Parks

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    I must have been asleep for a long time since 1945. I have always been used to the number of engine ID on a multi engined aircraft to start from the right side , number one being the outboard engine on the right. When did this change?
     
  17. tazandjan

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    Bob- No idea.
     
  18. Gatorrari

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    I have always understood the numbering of engines on multi-engine aircraft to start from the left outboard and progress to the right outboard.....
     
  19. tazandjan

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    Jim- Same here.
     
  20. Bob Parks

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    Well, my flabber is completely gasted on this one. I don't remember doing a 180 but I obviously did. I looked at some of my old drawings and I was okay then so please accept my apology at an embarrassing gaff. There will be more self examination for the old guy.
     
  21. tazandjan

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    Bob- You were just facing the wrong way when you wrote that post. Happens to all of us.
     
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    Supposedly, four Hawker Hunters are up here for the exercise, too.
     
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