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I went to a presentation by Brian Shul...one of the very few who piloted the SR-71 Blackbird, still the fastest air breathing jet plane in the world. It still has the ability to burn fuel at 90,000 feet, and he claims to have flown it at Mach 3.2, (and hinted higher; its actual top speed and ceiling is still classified) which is about 2455 mph...

It's titanium body begins to expand by several inches when it heats up doing 3 times the speed of sound, and it has expansion joints that accommodate this...and by design, it begins to leak fuel which apparently is not very flammable until it slows down and the fuselage cools, stopping the leaks...
 
notnalc68

notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
Brute said:
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I went to a presentation by Brian Shul...one of the very few who piloted the SR-71 Blackbird, still the fastest air breathing jet plane in the world. It still has the ability to burn fuel at 90,000 feet, and he claims to have flown it at Mach 3.2, (and hinted higher; its actual top speed and ceiling is still classified) which is about 2455 mph...

It's titanium body begins to expand by several inches when it heats up doing 3 times the speed of sound, and it has expansion joints that accommodate this...and by design, it begins to leak fuel which apparently is not very flammable until it slows down and the fuselage cools, stopping the leaks...
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And they say they are retired, but if they are, why is so much still classified? I’ve always wondered that. That would be a cool thing to see.


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JKbrick

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Brute said:
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I went to a presentation by Brian Shul...one of the very few who piloted the SR-71 Blackbird, still the fastest air breathing jet plane in the world. It still has the ability to burn fuel at 90,000 feet, and he claims to have flown it at Mach 3.2, (and hinted higher; its actual top speed and ceiling is still classified) which is about 2455 mph...

It's titanium body begins to expand by several inches when it heats up doing 3 times the speed of sound, and it has expansion joints that accommodate this...and by design, it begins to leak fuel which apparently is not very flammable until it slows down and the fuselage cools, stopping the leaks...
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So cool, makes you wonder if we could do that in the 60s what do we have that we don’t know about today?


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Brute

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notnalc68 said:
And they say they are retired, but if they are, why is so much still classified? I’ve always wondered that. That would be a cool thing to see.


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JKbrick said:
So cool, makes you wonder if we could do that in the 60s what do we have that we don’t know about today?


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Apparently with drones, satellites and the U2 the Air Force no longer believes it needs the Blackbird...it is crazy expensive to fly, with specialized fuel and enough tankers airborne (two at each site for redundancy) to refuel (it apparently gets worse fuel consumption than my JK6) as is zips around. the last Blackbird flew from CA to the Smithsonian in DC in under 42 mins...
 
notnalc68

notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
Brute said:
Apparently with drones, satellites and the U2 the Air Force no longer believes it needs the Blackbird...it is crazy expensive to fly, with specialized fuel and enough tankers airborne (two at each site for redundancy) to refuel (it apparently gets worse fuel consumption than my JK6) as is zips around. the last Blackbird flew from CA to the Smithsonian in DC in under 42 mins...
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I remember that. It’s an aviation marvel, especially when you think of when they designed it. There was no CAD, then.


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