Tom-D
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End of the era
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Frank Browne
Final Approach
Sad. That is one beautiful bird. 
Steve
En-Route
Here's what they did to get rid of the leftover JP-7
http://www.enginehistory.org/P&W/p&w_j58.htm
On a typical flight at Mach 3.2 and 80,000 feet, two engines would burn in excess of 100,000 pounds of fuel in a little over one hour.
http://www.enginehistory.org/P&W/p&w_j58.htm
On a typical flight at Mach 3.2 and 80,000 feet, two engines would burn in excess of 100,000 pounds of fuel in a little over one hour.
Ted
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It is sad, but the SR-71 was an engineering nightmare that was horribly complicated and required an immense support network.
I'm happy that they're still in museums for people to look at. Flying would be better, but museums are good, too.
I'm happy that they're still in museums for people to look at. Flying would be better, but museums are good, too.