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  1. alexm

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    Think about it - aircraft got a lot faster between 1945 and 1965, but since then, they haven't gotten faster at all!
     
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    Hello, maybe we need another couple World Wars to spur development. "Now where did those German scientists go."
     
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    I've said something similar, the peak of air and spacecraft design was the late 70s and early 80s when you had the operational Concorde and the Space Shuttle program beginning.
     
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  5. Spencer89

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    Hi all
    I don't know if this has already been posted, but the January 2015 issue of Air & Space magazine has the SR-71 on the cover. Very good article with interviews with quite a few different crews and several pictures that I have not seen before. Colonel Tom Allison talks about a trip to Kadena that was precisely timed for a head on pass with Colonel Bob Crowders SR-71 flying back to Beale. Both planes arrived within 10 seconds of the scheduled intercept at a closing speed over Mach 6 with just 5000 feet of clearance. VERY VERY COOL. Regards, Rick
     
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    I couldn't wait to find the magazine at a newsstand on Christmas...

    Assume this is the article?

    History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Air & Space Magazine

    Great Article!
     
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  7. Spencer89

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    Yes, that is it. I picked up the mag at Barnes & Noble a couple weeks back. If you are an SR-71 fan, then it is worth it just for the pic's let alone the article. Regards, Rick
     
    Spencer89, Dec 25, 2014
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    That's a pretty high price for a desktop model like that, you can find the exact same thing with a quick google search for $75-100 less. Deutsche Optik has some cool stuff that you can't find elsewhere, but if it is available elsewhere it's usually way cheaper someplace else.
     
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    maybe a repost, but a really nicely done animation/explanation of how the J-58 Turboramjet works in the SR-71:
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ao5SCedIk[/ame]

    Flew my electric RC version yesterday for the first time. Thrilling plane!
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    Buried on YouTube, one of the pilots details the features of the engine on an engine stand. The ramjet is very interesting, according to the Pilot, Kelly Johnson solved an air compression problem by bypassing the air around the blades through those little tubes. And there it is, the ramjet assembly...
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    Was Kelly Johnson one of the smartest men alive or was he just one of those aliens from Roswell in disguise?? Gee, he did some amazing things in a relatively short period of time..

    John
     
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    Great video - loved hearing "the story" at the end. What a stud.

    MDS
     
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    that sort of thing is just plain interesting... you can't beat it. I guess I should have said Plane interesting.
     
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    It was a very cool plane. It would appear at the Abbotsford air show most years. In 86 the Soviet Union participated in Vancouver's World Fair Expo 86. They had a few planes at Abbotsford. The theme was transportation. The U.S. put a few planes next to the Soviets display, surprisingly one of the planes was an SR-71.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvujY_wXiI
     
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    Abbotsford was the only show where I ever saw SR-71s in the air; in fact, the first time that was all it did - make 3 passes in different configurations, then light those enormous afterburners and climb out, presumably back towards its normal operating altitude!
     
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    That final climb out was heading them to a tanker.
     
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  25. zudnic

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    Yep, they did do fly by several times over the years. I think the first was in the early 80's, maybe late 70's. 1986 though they put it on static display.
     
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