Here lives the "Bat out of Hell!"
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Operating as usual
I don't often get to do an ode to my older brother, but thanks to Simon Whistler - Good informational!
Also what Elon Musk's kid is named after... Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistl...
Thanks Mom!! 😎😏
Kelly Johnson would be proud!!
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Those were the days!
30 years ago today, a Blackbird smashed a transcontinental speed record. On Mar. 6, 1990, SR-71 Blackbird S/N 61-7972 (tail number #972) made its final flight from AF Flight Test Center Plant 42 in…
Kudos to budding filmmakers Andy and Dan for this project. Commendable effort!
Dan & Andy chronicle their journey making an action-packed aviation film about Swedish combat jets challenging the uncatchable American SR-71 Blackbird. Than...
Thanks Doc! 😎
(Via Doctrine Man)
December 22nd, 1964, The first flight of Lockheed's Skunk Works, and the brain child of Kelly Johnson, super secret Strategic Reconnaissance SR-71, was designed with a minimal radar cross section, loaded with electronic countermeasures, and a deep blue/black paint to increase its internal heat emiss...
Good assessment.
The US Military crafted a spy plane so sophisticated it could spy on Russian bases and never be shot down. The SR 71 was the perfect feat of aeronautical eng...
America's secret supersonic spy drones flew over China in the 1960s
After a CIA pilot named Francis Gary Powers was shot down in a U-2 Spy Plane over the Soviet Union, the US tried something different.
The Plane that Dreams are Made Of: The SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most advanced aircraft ever built. And it was built over fifty years ago. The Blackbird Family: http://youtu.be/S2xgI3wQbWQ...
Good clip!
In 1966, an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be...
"There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar..."
"We never dreamt that it would be this clear, this beautiful."
Via: We Are The Mighty
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NASA has tested an advanced air-to-air photographic technology in flight, capturing the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in flight.
Lot of informational videos of this kind on YouTube lately. This was well made.
The Cold War locked the United States and Soviet Union into a tense struggle for global influence and control. The first purpose-built American spy plane to ...
A crippled bird operating on one engine, mind you. The Swedish Viggens escorted her to safety.
An interesting Cold War episode worth 4 medals. During the 1980s, the U.S. flew regular SR-71 Blackbird aircraft reconnaissance missions in international waters over the Barents Sea and the Baltic …
Righting the wrongs of First Man.
"I'm still goin' upstairs like a bat out of hell!"
#ChuckYeager
Walk on home boy!!
These pilots definitely gave air traffic controllers a reason to smile that day.
Doctrine Man
Today marks 71 years since @GenChuckYeager "rocketed past the sound barrier." Never a doubt he had the Right Stuff.
Totally forgot to post this earlier: Yours truly was at a McDonald's in DC the other night munching on apple pie and coffee with friends. The next table over, are kids wearing an SR-71 Blackbird t-shirt and discussing this very page. I couldn't help but overhear their conversation and chuckle within.
If only they'd known who was eavesdropping!!
Doctrine Man
If you have a grand just sitting around doing nothing... have I got a deal for you.
Best thing on YouTube? Without doubt!
Psst! Only 119 subscribers to get to that 11K count. Go destroy that 'Like' button!!
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