Posted: 2/10/2014 6:14:42 AM EDT
I figured I hadn't seen one of these threads in atleast 24 hours, so I thought I would start one. Pic of blackbird included
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Damn! I just can't get over what a beautiful aircraft that is. 
It was a great design and it just worked. Plain and simple. It was designed by a bunch of guys using pencils and a straight edge back when engineers still knew what the hell they were doing, and still to this day works just as well as many spy satellites. |
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no it's not..... get all the radar logs for north America last ten year and piece together all north American flights take out your trusty calculator and get yourself a average knot speed and . "things that make you go holy shit" Quoted:
no it's not..... get all the radar logs for north America last ten year and piece together all north American flights take out your trusty calculator and get yourself a average knot speed and . "things that make you go holy shit" Quoted:
It's so sad seeing the Blackbird shuffled off to the junkyard because of budget cuts. Still the fastest "Bird" around.  Enlighten me... which production plane is faster then the SR-71? |
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no it's not..... get all the radar logs for north America last ten year and piece together all north American flights take out your trusty calculator and get yourself a average knot speed and . "things that make you go holy shit" Quoted:
It's so sad seeing the Blackbird shuffled off to the junkyard because of budget cuts. Still the fastest "Bird" around. Enlighten me... which production plane is faster then the SR-71? |
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no it's not..... get all the radar logs for north America last ten year and piece together all north American flights take out your trusty calculator and get yourself a average knot speed and . "things that make you go holy shit" Quoted:
It's so sad seeing the Blackbird shuffled off to the junkyard because of budget cuts. Still the fastest "Bird" around. Enlighten me... which production plane is faster then the SR-71? Nothing you know about. |
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Quoted: Some more pictures of the same bird from October 2013. David http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k196/dsbock/Virginia-Aviation-Museum-02_zpsd163c1a9.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k196/dsbock/Virginia-Aviation-Museum-03_zps3da07bd8.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k196/dsbock/Virginia-Aviation-Museum-01_zps54249b28.jpg |
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no it's not..... get all the radar logs for north America last ten year and piece together all north American flights take out your trusty calculator and get yourself a average knot speed and . "things that make you go holy shit" Quoted:
It's so sad seeing the Blackbird shuffled off to the junkyard because of budget cuts. Still the fastest "Bird" around. Enlighten me... which production plane is faster then the SR-71? Nothing you HAVE THE NEED TO KNOW about. FIFY |
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I figured I hadn't seen one of these threads in atleast 24 hours, so I thought I would start one. Pic of blackbird included <a href="http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/dward018/media/83B96E31-A2A7-4DBF-AA11-803533173AFF_zpsmw5qugzd.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j346/dward018/83B96E31-A2A7-4DBF-AA11-803533173AFF_zpsmw5qugzd.jpg</a> I had to fly back to my home state for my granddad's funeral. I looked out the window and saw that as we passed by and was 
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The what now? Details on Tank Museum please? David Quoted:
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That place is on my list of places to check out on one ofmy bike rides this year. Got 2 stops planned in VA. That place and the Tank Museum in Danville The what now? Details on Tank Museum please? David American Armor Foundation Tank Museum http://www.aaftankmuseum.com |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: That place is on my list of places to check out on one ofmy bike rides this year. Got 2 stops planned in VA. That place and the Tank Museum in Danville The what now? Details on Tank Museum please? David American Armor Foundation Tank Museum http://www.aaftankmuseum.com Awesome! Now I have another must go place. Thanks! Is there anything a bit more girly around there for my wife to spend six or seven hours doing while I drool over the tanks?  David |
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Awesome! Now I have another must go place. Thanks! Is there anything a bit more girly around there for my wife to spend six or seven hours doing while I drool over the tanks?
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That place is on my list of places to check out on one ofmy bike rides this year. Got 2 stops planned in VA. That place and the Tank Museum in Danville The what now? Details on Tank Museum please? David American Armor Foundation Tank Museum http://www.aaftankmuseum.com Awesome! Now I have another must go place. Thanks! Is there anything a bit more girly around there for my wife to spend six or seven hours doing while I drool over the tanks?
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This is certainly the place to post this  :
Enter the world of Sled Driver Brian served as a Foreign Air Advisor in the Viet Nam conflict, flying 212 close air support missions in conjunction with Air America. Near the end of all hostilities, his AT-28 aircraft was shot down near the Cambodian border. Unable to eject from the aircraft, Brian was forced to crash land into the jungle. Miraculously surviving, he was severely burned in the ensuing fireball. Crawling from the burning wreckage, he was finally found and rescued by a Special Forces team.
He was evacuated to a military hospital in Okinawa where he was expected to die. Barely surviving 2 months of intensive care, in 1974 he was flown to the Institute of Surgical Research at Ft Sam Houston, Texas. During the following year, he underwent 15 major operations. During this time he was told he'd never fly again and just lucky to be alive. Months of physical therapy followed, enabling Brian to eventually pass a flight physical and return to active flying duty. Two days after being released from the hospital, Brian was back flying Air Force fighter jet aircraft. He went on to fly the A-7D, and was then selected to be a part of the first operational A-10 squadron at Myrtle Beach, SC, where he was on the first A-10 air show demonstration team. After a tour as an A-10 Instructor Pilot in Arizona, he went on to instruct at the Air Force's Fighter Lead-In School as the Chief of Air-to-Ground Academics. As a final assignment in his career, Brian volunteered for and was selected to fly the super secret spy plane, the SR-71. This assignment required an astronaut type physical just to qualify, and Brian passed with no waivers. How the heck did he fit those testicles into that tiny cockpit?
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That place is on my list of places to check out on one ofmy bike rides this year. Got 2 stops planned in VA. That place and the Tank Museum in Danville The what now? Details on Tank Museum please? David American Armor Foundation Tank Museum http://www.aaftankmuseum.com Awesome! Now I have another must go place. Thanks! Is there anything a bit more girly around there for my wife to spend six or seven hours doing while I drool over the tanks?
David If it's still there hand her your wallet and turn her loose in the Dan River Mills factory store. You might have room in the car after she goes nuts buying linens and such. |
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This is certainly the place to post this :
Enter the world of Sled Driver Brian served as a Foreign Air Advisor in the Viet Nam conflict, flying 212 close air support missions in conjunction with Air America. Near the end of all hostilities, his AT-28 aircraft was shot down near the Cambodian border. Unable to eject from the aircraft, Brian was forced to crash land into the jungle. Miraculously surviving, he was severely burned in the ensuing fireball. Crawling from the burning wreckage, he was finally found and rescued by a Special Forces team.
He was evacuated to a military hospital in Okinawa where he was expected to die. Barely surviving 2 months of intensive care, in 1974 he was flown to the Institute of Surgical Research at Ft Sam Houston, Texas. During the following year, he underwent 15 major operations. During this time he was told he'd never fly again and just lucky to be alive. Months of physical therapy followed, enabling Brian to eventually pass a flight physical and return to active flying duty. Two days after being released from the hospital, Brian was back flying Air Force fighter jet aircraft. He went on to fly the A-7D, and was then selected to be a part of the first operational A-10 squadron at Myrtle Beach, SC, where he was on the first A-10 air show demonstration team. After a tour as an A-10 Instructor Pilot in Arizona, he went on to instruct at the Air Force's Fighter Lead-In School as the Chief of Air-to-Ground Academics. As a final assignment in his career, Brian volunteered for and was selected to fly the super secret spy plane, the SR-71. This assignment required an astronaut type physical just to qualify, and Brian passed with no waivers. How the heck did he fit those testicles into that tiny cockpit?Wait wait wait...are those new copies of Sled Driver that you can get signed listed as being for sale on his website? |