This is pretty cool, if true.
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Re: This is pretty cool, if true.
It's from Brian Shul's book "Sled Driver". Although published in the 1990s, it will still cost you hundreds of dollars if you decide to buy a copy.
The story has been around for a long time but I suspect it is actually true.
Another book on the SR-71 I'm keen to read is Paul Crickmore's "Beyond the Secret Missions" because there are detailed accounts of from some VVS pilots who tried to intercept it. Some people have a hard time swallowing this but it was the real reason - or one of them - why the Blackbird was retired. By the mid-1980s it was no longer invulnerable.
Even the greatest designs - and the SR-71 surely was the greatest - have their use-by date.
The story has been around for a long time but I suspect it is actually true.
Another book on the SR-71 I'm keen to read is Paul Crickmore's "Beyond the Secret Missions" because there are detailed accounts of from some VVS pilots who tried to intercept it. Some people have a hard time swallowing this but it was the real reason - or one of them - why the Blackbird was retired. By the mid-1980s it was no longer invulnerable.
Even the greatest designs - and the SR-71 surely was the greatest - have their use-by date.
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Re: This is pretty cool, if true.
That was fun just to read
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Lets say I have a "copy" of Sled Driver....
If anyone were interested, I could perhaps pass it along.
If anyone were interested, I could perhaps pass it along.
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Re: This is pretty cool, if true.
A paper or digital copy?
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Digital. It's a PDF, quite readable.
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Re: This is pretty cool, if true.
Sled Driver is a good read.
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Re: This is pretty cool, if true.
Dredging up an old thread, but here's an interesting video...
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
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I've just run into the video version of the original, it's probably even better as told by the guy who flew that day
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Fucking awesome!!
If only there was an X-15 out of Edwards at the time. That would teach those smug Habu driving bastards hehe.
4000 knots on the ground!!!
If only there was an X-15 out of Edwards at the time. That would teach those smug Habu driving bastards hehe.
4000 knots on the ground!!!
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