These SR-71 Blackbirds
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Had a sit in a cockpit of an SR-71 in the Museum of Flight, in Seattle next to the airport, so cramped in there, and thats withoug a flying suit on.
Wasnt there a story about it being the SR-something, and when the president announced it he cocket it up, rather than tell him, they re did all the blue prints to show SR-71.
Love the starter pack, a trolly with TWO V8 engines, no mufflers.
Think I read that in "Skunk Works", book, a good read.
Wasnt there a story about it being the SR-something, and when the president announced it he cocket it up, rather than tell him, they re did all the blue prints to show SR-71.
Love the starter pack, a trolly with TWO V8 engines, no mufflers.
Think I read that in "Skunk Works", book, a good read.
Vipers said:
Wasnt there a story about it being the SR-something, and when the president announced it he cocket it up, rather than tell him, they re did all the blue prints to show SR-71.
Yes, it was originally designated the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson announced it incorrectly, getting his R's and S's mixed up!Boatbuoy said:
Vipers said:
Wasnt there a story about it being the SR-something, and when the president announced it he cocket it up, rather than tell him, they re did all the blue prints to show SR-71.
Yes, it was originally designated the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson announced it incorrectly, getting his R's and S's mixed up!Boatbuoy said:
Yes, it was originally designated the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson announced it incorrectly, getting his R's and S's mixed up!
I've heard that story many times but I'm not exactly sure is true. If someone can produce a recording or transcript of the announcement it would be very useful to verify it for once and for all.What IS true is that he announced the existence of the "A-11" research aircraft. The A-11 was one of the earlier design studies that eventually led to the first production version of this design, the Lockheed A-12. No A-11s were ever built.
Here's newsreel footage of the press conference from 1964. It's not clear whether he made a mistake or whether it was a deliberate ploy to provide further misinformation about the true nature of the A-12/SR-71 programme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxLbqnDKJU
Eric Mc said:
Boatbuoy said:
Yes, it was originally designated the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson announced it incorrectly, getting his R's and S's mixed up!
I've heard that story many times but I'm not exactly sure is true. If someone can produce a recording or transcript of the announcement it would be very useful to verify it for once and for all.What IS true is that he announced the existence of the "A-11" research aircraft. The A-11 was one of the earlier design studies that eventually led to the first production version of this design, the Lockheed A-12. No A-11s were ever built.
Here's newsreel footage of the press conference from 1964. It's not clear whether he made a mistake or whether it was a deliberate ploy to provide further misinformation about the true nature of the A-12/SR-71 programme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxLbqnDKJU
Edited by Vipers on Friday 31st October 19:04
Boatbuoy said:
Vipers said:
Wasnt there a story about it being the SR-something, and when the president announced it he cocket it up, rather than tell him, they re did all the blue prints to show SR-71.
Yes, it was originally designated the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson announced it incorrectly, getting his R's and S's mixed up!
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