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SR-71
The SR-71 remains the world's fastest and highest-flying production aircraft, capable of Mach 3+ at altitudes of over 85,000 feet. In flight the titanium skin is heated to 500°C and expands by 15cm. The fuselage has longtitudinal creases to absorb this heat expansion but unsealed tanks leak fuel while on the ground. The Pratt & Whitney J-58 enigines start flight as turbojets, then become ramjets More..
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That plane is so beautful eveninthis day and age.
Posted May-21-2009 by "AxisofEvil" (R)
There will NEVER be another Blackbird - I mean there WILL but there wont... know what I mean?
Posted May-21-2009 by "CrzyCanuk" (R)
Stationed 10 miles from me..........Truely an milestone for human technology........
Posted May-21-2009 by "dankmofo" (R)
Now that would be my choice for a private jet if i had the monay lol ;]
Posted May-21-2009 by "Tyrfingr" (R)
The highest flying were and are MiG-25 and MiG-31
Posted May-21-2009 by "Oh, dear!" (R)
One beautiful plane that is. Voted and 10q to sonicbomb too ;)
Posted May-21-2009 by "tikku" (R)
Where'd you hear that?
Posted May-21-2009 by "Sam_Spade" (R)
wrong
Posted May-21-2009 by "Wreck" (R)
I looked it up in Jane's:
Mig-25: 20.7 km
Mig-31: 20.6 km
SR-71: 25.9 km
Not even close.
Posted May-21-2009 by "Sam_Spade" (R)
Highest for combat airplanes perhaps.
Posted May-21-2009 by "Tyrfingr" (R)
Highest for combat airplanes perhaps.
Yeah, I think he's thinking fighters. That could be true.
Posted May-21-2009 by "Sam_Spade" (R)
Too bad the engines in the Russian planes would eat themselves when trying to match the performance of the Blackbird. The only thing the Mig 25 was ever really good for was inspiring the development of the F-15. Thank you USSR for over-inflating the fighter capability of the Foxbat.
Posted May-21-2009 by "edfmaniac" (R)
Highest for combat airplanes perhaps.
Have a gander at the guy behind this thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson
Posted May-21-2009 by "Sam_Spade" (R)
very cool plane, i would love to see what replaced it :(
Posted May-21-2009 by "CryHavok25" (R)
Highest for combat airplanes perhaps.
Have a gander at the guy behind this thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson
Sounds like we exported to the right place, during the time and age of the cold war era; we would have needed people like him when we still had an army and air force worth the name. Currently however it would have been a waste of his work, had it been us that sat on his legacy.
Posted May-21-2009 by "Tyrfingr" (R)