Modern Air Power

[barnfind]

Blackbird

Awesome aircraft.

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/SR-71-World-s-Fastest-Airplane



http://gizmodo.com/you-must-read-this-test-pilots-story-of-an-sr-71-disin-1539406395

 

[Photon440]

just a couple i ran across. but the SR-71 BLACKBIRD is still my fav.

All good...the Blackbird is my favourite as well.

But the last picture is Jessica Biel's plane from the 2005 movie 'Stealth', it's not real.

 

[Bruzilla]

"WE" flew with some of them sometimes....
They wer KOOL guys & gals...some times Civvies too...


Interesting note:
Their "P" designated "PATROL"

But the P-51 and P-40 etc stood for Pursuit...

Yep, the Pursuit designation went out with the Army Air Corps.

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Still the best looking jet to wear the stars and bars: VF-84 F-14A!

 

[super-bee_ski]

The 5th pic is of course "FAKED" with photo shop Kool pic though...
-SR-71s could not do that...

The 8th pic was taken here at Edwards, around 1977

The 9th pic was from the movie Stealth...KOOL!

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Yep, the Pursuit designation went out with the Army Air Corps.

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Still the best looking jet to wear the stars and bars: VF-84 F-14A!

That TOMCAT was a BAD *** vehicle.....
BAD ***!

 

[GTX.JCW]

A little more on the A3

We used to refer to the A-3D as the All Three Dead because the crew egressed out the bottom of the aircraft, which meant ejecting after a bad carrier launch, or ditching, meant everyone was dead. I worked for a LT who was an A-3D pilot and turned in his wings after a rough night of trying to recover aboard the Saratoga and he came close to having to ditch.

Yeah, and we referred to the A3B as "all three buried" ... But the one flaw with the plane is that it did NOT have ejection seats! When you had to get out, it was drop out the bottom or crawl out the top hatch. The designator change occurred in 1962 when they went from A3D-1 and -2 to A3A and A3B which were bombers and used in Vietnam until 1966.

The variants were the KA3, a tanker, the EKA3, an electronic warfare (jammers and recon) tanker, the EA3, which was pure recon bird with a crew of 7. There was a photo bird, the RA3 and there was a VIP transport that the CNO used. The last active A3 was an EA3 that was assigned to VQ2, Rota, Spain. It flew in Desert Storm 1 as an intel collection platform.
It is currently sitting on the deck of USS Yorktown in Charleston SC at the Patriots Point Museum.

Jeff

 

[super-bee_ski]

Yup EW Jamming for the B-2 Bomber here at Edwards circa 1994ish....PRIVATE COMPANY out of Greenville TX...(A "Shhhh" company")
Used to be E-systems?
Those two buried in the back would come out smiling....smeling the fresh air and seeing "sunshine"

QUOTE BY JEFF:
The variants were the KA3, a tanker, the EKA3, an electronic warfare (jammers and recon) tanker, the EA3, which was pure recon bird with a crew of 7. There was a photo bird, the RA3 and there was a VIP transport that the CNO used. The last active A3 was an EA3 that was assigned to VQ2, Rota, Spain. It flew in Desert Storm 1 as an intel collection platform.
It is currently sitting on the deck of USS Yorktown in Charleston SC at the Patriots Point Museum.

Jeff " END QUOTE

 

[barnfind]

Sr-71

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3tvBRs8_qU

I believe the speed record still stands today?

speaking of skunkworks

http://rt.com/usa/196276-lockheed-nuclear-fusion-reactor/

 

[Photon440]

The SR71 was indeed fast, but its predecessor the A-12 had a slight edge with a published top speed of Mach 3.35, over the SR71 Mach 3.3
Also, the A-12, being lighter, could fly over a mile higher than the SR71. However, it had a shorter range and was out of service by 1968. It's quite amazing that this was designed in the 1950s - this picture of an A-12 was taken in 1962 at Groom Lake.

 

[barnfind]

Thanks Photon, looks like some more to research is in order. I found it interesting in the SR71 video about the pilot flying over Libya, running from missiles. I wonder how fast they really had it up too? It is a bit mind-boggling to think this is old technology and the real amount of speed from 50s-60s tech

 

[barnfind]

X-15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcKxxrhFWl8

While more of a manned rocket its cool, just for sheer speed. Theres alot of unmanned today that lays claim of Mach 20, who knows maybe more...ohh yea the Aurora, does it exist???

 

[usaroadrunner]

does anyone know how fast missles can go. i saw a tv special a few years ago on the sr-71 thats why there is no weapons on it because it can out run anything. they interviewed a sr-71 pilot and he said he couldnt say how fast it could go but it was way faster than mach 3.5. just an unbelievable aircraft.

 

[Photon440]

The old Soviet SA-2 was good for Mach 3.5, the current American Patriot MIM-104 will hit Mach 5.

 

[barnfind]

What COULD withstand that type of heat?
http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-hy...vel-20-times-faster-sound-photos-video-829105

 

[Photon440]

When 71airgrabberRR started this thread, the stipulation was post WWII and jet or rocket powered. So how about jets AND props. Anyone remember 'six turning and four burning', the engineer's phrase for saying all ten engines were in good running order? Here's a cockpit view of the B-36J, look around and use the zoom.

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J Engineer.html


More on the 'Peacemaker' - the B-36 was the largest bomber ever built, and flew the longest range. It also was the only bomber equipped to carry the Mark 17 Hydrogen bomb which itself weighed 41,400 pounds. Ultimately, the B-36 never dropped a single bomb in anger.

http://www.aircraftplans.info/b-36.html

 

[71airgrabberRR]

On yes I know the B-36. I remember the time at Wright Patterson AFB museum when we were all standing under the wing of a B-25 that was parked under a B-29. (Which was parked UNDER the B-36)

I pointed out the plane to my Mom who couldn't see the plane...........
Until she realized the wing of the B-36 wasn't the roof of the building. Lol

She never lived that one down. Lol

 

[Photon440]

Here's how they fly the F-15 in Israel: (this is an old video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8qgZt4MDU