Thursday, February 25, 2016

Gas guzzler.


6 comments:

  1. i recall reading that the fuel efficiency actually improved the higher and faster it flew.

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  2. I only recently learned that this was the reason the Air Force killed it. Every single time it flew it cost $2 million and it came out of the Air Force's operating budget.

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  3. Any time JP-7 was spilled on the tarmac, it would erode the concrete.

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  4. was told that on Guam, the new guys were told to park up against the runway. when SR71 took off, all the paint would be burned off their cars

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