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Post by beana51 on Oct 16, 2010 7:51:41 GMT -5
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Post by stewstewart on Oct 16, 2010 8:28:50 GMT -5
In over 20 years in the Air Force I never got to see one up close.
I remember the first reports - I was in my early teens - of the space age interceptor (YF-12) which was the first purpose and the early designs.
These reports came out just about the same time as the announcements about our being able to control certain "rays" (lasers) which would lead to Buck Rogers type ray gun weapons - we're there!!!!
She's a leaky beast on the ground and beyond belief in the air (and higher than where the "air" goes).
There's the story of the ATC guy getting a request from "Blackbird-7" for level 83-5 (83,500 ft). The controller replied, in some disbelief and just a hint of contempt, that Blackbird-7 could have level 83-5 if he could get up there. The reply was, "Thank you, Denver Control. Blackbird-7 DESCENDING (!!!!!) to level 83-5."
Yeah, she was an amazing bird!
L&Ks,
Stew
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Post by Me262 on Oct 30, 2010 17:05:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics, beana51 and to you stew for this story.
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