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Bye-bye Blackbird
Topic Started: Oct 20 2006, 08:00 AM (250 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
Not in the article, but I bet this thing was designed with NIRT technology in mind.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002868.html
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kentcouncil
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Interesting. The Blackbird was retired ostensibly because spy satellites had made it obsolete. This new aircraft seems to belie that notion, though it seems to have other capabilities too (I wonder if it will have the Blackbird's fabled nuclear strike capability?).
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Phlebas
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The Blackbird was the coolest plane. There's one at the Intrepid, and I always take visiters to see it.
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Jolly
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kentcouncil
Oct 20 2006, 10:14 AM
Interesting. The Blackbird was retired ostensibly because spy satellites had made it obsolete. This new aircraft seems to belie that notion, though it seems to have other capabilities too (I wonder if it will have the Blackbird's fabled nuclear strike capability?).

One of the first targets in a major confrontation will be the United State's satellites, therefore my reference to NIRT technology.

The small expendable satellites can be put up there very quickly, and a network of small satellites can do the same thing an old geo-stationary bird can do.

Will the Falcon have nuclear strike capability?

Does a wild bear crap in the woods?
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
So how many MPG does it get at Mach 10?
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Bill Bean
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More MPGs than it got at mach 0 strangely - it leaks fuel when not flying

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Due to the great temperature changes in flight, the fuselage panels did not fit perfectly on the ground and were essentially loose. Proper alignment was only achieved when the airframe warmed up due to the air resistance at high speeds, causing the airframe to expand several inches. Because of this, and the lack of a fuel sealing system that could handle the extreme temperatures, the aircraft would leak its JP-7 jet fuel onto the runway before it took off. The aircraft would quickly make a short sprint, meant to warm up the airframe, and was then air-to-air refueled before departing on its mission. Cooling was carried out by cycling fuel behind the titanium surfaces at the front of the wings (chines). Nonetheless, once the plane landed no one could approach it for some time as its canopy was still hotter than 300 degrees Celsius. Non-fibrous asbestos was also used, as in non-ceramic automotive brakes, due to its high heat tolerance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird
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