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Because of the covert nature of the the project it meant that they could do that with out ever having to be accountable for there action. could you imagine this kind of power in the hands of someone like Gorge W Bush? It became obvious to the developers of the blackbird project that the power of the technology could out way the moral compass and fortitude of those who wield it. The SR-71 project was there to ensure peoples freedom, in the wrong hands it would do the exact opposite.
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The SR-71 blackbird project was getting to a place where it could seek out and destroy some leader of nuclear power before they could press the button, even if they were stuck in a bunker a couple of milometers under the earths surface. You know, if it came to it blow them up before they turn the northern hemisphere into a nuclear waist land. What this also meant was who ever wielded this power had the ability to choose which leaders they wanted to keep or not.
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I think sooner or later they will bring back into service. It is still the only means of getting reconnaissance that is always reliable. They retired the program because of where it was going and the power it was getting to have. the SR-71 program was started to stop wars from starting in the first place. When they stopped the program Lockheed made a missile called the phoenix that was designed specifically to carry a nuclear war head.
This is so beautiful. The most lovely airplane ever and this music fits so perfectly i watch this at least once a day. So sad that it's been retired. I love it so much i have a model of it on my computer desk it is the only decoration i have, nothing could beat it for such elegance. I envy all who flew her.
america designe alot of stuff but belfast goo things such as the ejector seat and the hovering jet and the harrier jump jet and america takes credit for it huh bullshit
The reality is the true capabilities of this aircraft are still classified, its most probable it went around mach 3.4 max, the SR-71 is the fastest plane ever built, non could match her speed and range at those speeds.
Rumor has it after they developed the SR-71, the us airforce went to work on an even faster aircraft, otherwise known as the aurora.
And dont even get started on the TR-3B black triangle, that stuff is deep black, its the type of area that men like Nickola Tesla were pioneering.
another thing u claim u did peneterate ussr borders, but everyone knows that was never happend. they just approach our borders, but never flied in. as we built mig-31 u stopped to fly along our borders. btw we always followed it with our AAW, so we could take it easily down, but as i allready said sr-71 never broke our borders unlike china, korea, vietnam. so stop to dream yanks. its another most expensive crap-toy of americunts
@Russia2010 Wow! You certainly are a very literate person. "that was never happened"? "stop to dream"? I'll tell you what: how about you learn to write English, and then you can come back and make fun of Americans. Ok? Ok.
@Russia2010 Then please do explain to me where you got the evidence that English is primitive? Я не в расизме, просто говорю, если вы хотите критиковать английский, изучать его в первую очередь.
For pure speed, with no payload, test pilot Mikhail M. Komarov averaged 2,982.5 km/h over a 500 km closed circuit in 1967, three months after the new aircraft was first shown to the public at Domodedovo. On the same day A. Fedotov reached an altitude of 29,977 metres (98,350 ft) with a 1,000 kilogram payload. But the MiG could go higher and eventually it became the first aircraft to go higher than 35,000 metres (115,000 ft)
In terms of sheer beauty aesthetics, likely no other plan designs will ever approach this one. The ghostly profile of this one makes it otherwordly. The current stealth F-22, in profile, looks down right ugly, although it obviously possesses radar obserbent and deflecting technologies --- in addition to the ability to carry high yielded weaponry --- that the SR-71 didn't have at the time it was designed.
This aircraft was decades ahead of its time. It represents the pinnacle of aviation, an unrivalled, unparallelled acheivement. Satellite imagery rendered this aircraft obsolete, but what an incredible aircraft it was!
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Don't thrust the official numbers people. SR71 used Ramjet technology. Ramjets require considerable forward speed to operate well, and as a class work most efficiently at speeds around Mach 3. This type of jet can operate up to speeds of Mach 6. ( Official source ! )
I was there at RAF Mildenhall, UK in 1975 or so when HABU made the speed record for trans atlantic flight. When it departed on the return leg of its speed run to LA. there was great fanfare and publicity, the BBC was there and I think a Royal or two. Less than an hour after departure we were notified that the aircraft had to shut down an engine and was returning.
The crowds were gone and HABU made an uneventful landing. They left a day or so later and the rest is history. I know this to be true because I was there, I drove the FOLLOW ME truck when they landed and I debriefed the crew. wasn't a serious problem but why take chances at Mach 3+.
@Russia2010 Your link doesn't work. B4 calling me a name, all I need is proof. From what I've read is that the Mig 25's burned out at top speeds, and that when the American scienitists got their hands on the Mig when one defected to Japan that they literally laughed at it.
BTW, compliments on your efforts to discuss in English. You do very well considering its not your native language. Peace.
so now to ya stupid saying about mig-25. as belenko was landed in japan ameriCUNTS (sorry i dont fucking like ya race, cuz all of u are stupid retards w/o any knowledge, u even dont know fucking another language, und want that fucking everyone learn ya fucking primitive language, and btw u stupid cunts are most aggressive race of the world.)
@Russia2010 One thing I've learned in life is that people who tend to swear and call others names typically are uneducated. You fall into that mold. Fact is the SR-71 flew higher and faster than the Mig 25 ever did, and yes, US scientists did actually laugh at the Mig-25's makings once they got a look at it and took it apart. The aircraft had crappy welds, transistors, its turning radious was the size of Texas, and it literally is a a rocket with wings. Believe me, there are many things I
@Russia2010 HAHA U R such a retard. You call us americans stupid; yet we have more nobel prizes, inventions, etc, than your shitty country. What's even funnier is that Russiacunts like youself don't even live in your nation. I even read recently where thousands of students are participating in a contest in Russia to come to US to study. They want to get out our your hellhole. It's also funny how we're so stupid yet all your country can do is copy us time & time again. Shut your hole bitch!
Who is fucking care about crap nobel price? its anyway a fucking show. nigger crapbama got nobel peace price, and started a war. what a fucking show. they come to study? are u fucking retard? check fucking stats moron. it was maybe in 90s but nowadays ppls around the world come to russia to study, cuz no fucking one need parasite shithole country like yankland! and btw. i never wanted to travel to ShitSA even to vocation. usa still sucks!
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@Russia2010 HAHA. U really are dumb. There are nobel prizes for other than just peace dipshit, but scientific achevments and other cultural accomplishments, as well. I laugh at your stupidity. I'm glad you don't want to come to the US. We don't need stupid trash like you. On the other hand we'll continue to take your people that know Russia is a hell hole. Heck, you must realize it yourself, you don't even live there, loser.
@Russia2010 Waite you call Americans agressive, bro your trying to defend Russia? Open a history book and then we can talk. Not to mention English is a very complex language to learn. and calling it primitve is basically like calling all Romance Languages and German primitive. Since English is rooted from German but our words have basis in Latin, and Latin is basically the father of all Romance languages
were impressed about mig-25 cuz it was designed for resistance against EMP WEAPONS. yes it could be still used by fucking nuclear strike. not fucking one of americunts jet of this time had such properties.
anyway read the fucking manual, dude, before u start to carry a conversation with me about things u dont have any idea.
@euclid901.. The Habu went from 1972 to 1989 without a single write off, this is an envious safety record considering the speed and altitude envelopes in which the aircraft operated,..THX
Days gone by definitely, perhaps someday we can return to times like these. Times where american enguinty and innovation were taking us to quite literally new heights and places.
@seanmartin1989 You mean nazi ingenuity. I'm not saying the U.S.A. doesn't have great minds. I'm just saying, the minds behind the german war machine were "borrowed" by both U.S and the former soviet union. And people call conspiracy theorists loonies and kooks. FIFTY YEARS AGO YOU HAD THIS PLANE. WHAT TECHNOLOGY DO YOU HAVE NOW? more history, less charlie sheen
@rcnator101 ..The important thing, is America did get there first......what does the means matter?? do you think the Cold War had some kind of rules for these countries to abide by??? if its important to you, all the Germans were American citizens as are a very large group of the population..German..in America, it your aren't a native American, then you had to come from a different country..understand?? I'M of German ancestry and proud of it...I just don't understand your point about Germany>>>
I read that sometimes these planes were too hot to touch upon landing. I find this amazing given that at 40,000 feet, the air temps are -50 to -60; cold enough to chill things down very quickly...
It's so strange... 40 years ago we where able to go higher and faster than ever and now, looking to the past marvelous, it seems like an picture of an impossible future.
@marendur even i agree we could go faster than now BUT, don't think about 1 side of the coin, see the second side, how much was the safety, i mean SUPPOSE the plane malfumctions, what will happen to pilot especially during ejection... should i say.. he will freeze to death at that altitude :) so its safer but slower now
@Steelerguy6178 No, I don't. If they had them they would have used them. Never underestimate a man driven by his god to act. Reason and logic do not apply.
@Steelerguy6178 See, that's why I disdain discussing conspiracy theories, there never is an end to argument. If you believe the conspiracy, you will believe anything ignoring the evidence. And yes my cousin was on the Pennsylvania crashed flight. so in ONE case of four the passengers had an uprising, but every terrorist/police briefing I have seen always says "give them what they want, and don't resist" Terrorized people FREEZE and become indecisive. TRAINED people react based on training.
@Steelerguy6178 You under-rate the terrorists. First they were highly trained, in Europe and in Florida, second Bin Laden was much more than a "caveman," It was a well planned and executed mission. nothing amateur about any of it. Plastic handled Box knives with single edged razor blades, ENOUGH to cut people's throats.
So little time to catch up to who gave me that mail ... Did that person mean one of the SR-71 family as there was an Interceptor version armed with two missiles that had the same roll as our English Electric Fork Lightening now out of service ... The plane was considered an 'X' fighter whilst it's bigger brother the SR-71 was a recon plane only ... I know NASA owns some of what remains ... Anyway I'll catch up to you :-)
@Steelerguy6178 They have video footage from onlookers watching the planes impact the building. Also, we never gave Israel any SR-71's, so I don't think they flew any of them into the towers. I don't believe conspiracies that have surfaced about stuff like that from anyone, but irrefutable video evidence of two jet airliners flying into the towers is pretty hard to not believe. But who knows, maybe the people that filmed it are spies from Israel.....
@ahgnfjie I used to work on them, and my grandfather was a skunkworks electrical engineer designing and building them. These wacko conspiracy theories are more wacko than anything I can think of.
@ahgnfjie Hmm, Call to duty, D.A.R.Y.L., Transformers 2, and 30 years of covert surveillance of Soviet Cold War assets. Windows Flight simulator, and any number of other things, I think I'll claim the 30 years part.
@pobbart13 Ok asshole. I barely play it and i just saw it in the game and I am interested in it now. And I know that a U-2 spy plane has reached up to 70,000 ft or something close to that so just wait to criticize me because I have played a video game, and I have always liked looking up planes to see what they have accomplished in the sky. I was looking the blackbird up and there was a video of the u-2 spy plane that looked like a similar concept of it, so sorry for asking a question.
@Nazizombies97 The U2, also made by the Skunkworks is a few years older than the Blackbird series. I think the U2 is up to the s or T model by now, and that includes the newer TR-1 derivatives. U2s can hit 80,000 feet +.
@pobbart13 Anyways I am not the kid who plays the game 8 hours a day to get pissed off and waste my time on something that isn't real, and you must know something about the game if you know it references to black ops
the blackbird was far ahead of its time. there were to many problems that we couldnt solve like the unsealed gas taks on it. it lost tons of fuel do to this. even the titanium would stretch 2 to 3 feet. it served its purpose back in the 60s and 70s but it would of been much more badass with the new technology that we have today.
@suzukirm33rider The leaky fuel tanks were on purpose. It grew 18 inches when at speed/altitude, the panels sealed when it expanded from heat/friction. This aircraft was cooled by its fuel.
US. Air Force Secretary Robert C. Seamans deemed the Mig-25 as "Probably the best interceptor in production in the world today". In 1967 a stripped down Mig-25 set a world record by achieving a speed of 1,852 MPH and another aircraft set the altitude record by soaring to 118,898 feet.
@Vore667 But mig 25 wasn't cheap with interchangeable parts and as aircraft with perfect conditions it couldn't archive Mach 3 with some damage from prolonged use. USA in that time lacked real interceptor. A-12 prototype (Sr-71) was started as interceptor. You see this program "failed" plane was too good for interceptor. Later backshlash against mig 25 created Tornado, F15-16 various planes. Mig 29 was created to replace 25's sometimes unreliable nature.
Its not made by lockheed anymore. Its made by Lockheed Martin. And for the people out there that think that it stopped flying a wile ago, u r wrong. Area-51 actually still uses them. This plane is sooo old though. It is my favorite plane. If you live in manhattan and you go to the south street sea port, you can see a navy vessel docked there and on the deck ther is an actual a-12 blackbird. wen it was still the a-12 and not the sr-71. Coolest plane ever. Super cool cameras on the bottom
Beautiful aircraft ... and the only one ever known to hold four World records at any one time ... most of all whilst it was in Military Service it also had 100% safety record which I consider a World Record in itself ... it's true what they say that something that looks so beautiful also performs well ...
@scismgenie ..The SR-71 went from mid 1973 to mid 1989 without a single loss.during this period.the best safety record of any other U.S A.F. aircraft...
@pipercub123456 12 Blackbirds were lost due to crashes and accidents. That is over the entire career of the airframe. There were during MOST of this time only 14 airworthy airframes, although 36 (some say 33) aircraft were built and flown in all variations. Operational loses during the cold war period were not publicized. Some are mentioned by past pilots and experts on the program in various works.
@scismgenie ..My records show the following.. A-12..18 A/F [A-12924 thru A-12941].. built, 8 lost// included YF-12 ..3 A/F built, [ YF-12934 thru YF-12936.] also included M-21 [A-12940 and A-12941]//.//...SR-71..32 A/F built..[ 71950 thru 71981]..12 lost..total of 50. TI -Mono Frames in total....but no A/F losses from mid 1973 to mid 1989....
@pipercub123456 I didn't have the breakdown, but the best safety record isn't really that impressive considering that there weren't that many flying. Also you have to realize that the program had a zero error tolerance, and all shops which worked on it had a lot of pride that no significant errors were made. The rules at Beale were much stricter than on the average flightline. Everything got triple checked, and a 5-7 year stay in the assignment was normal (Code 51).
@scismgenie ..In the enviroment in which the Blackbird operated, I'd call their safety record, outstanding...as where most SAC run units..still an impressive record.for the Habu....
@pipercub123456 I worked the program at PSD from 1979-82. By normal operational squadron size our "fleet" was 25% of the aircraft of a normal wing. By that ratio it would be expected to have significantly less opportunity for mishaps, and there were "incidents" which did not result in airframe loss. I can think of many emergency landings and quite a lot of LRT deployments to recover birds which landed in unexpected places. There were also classified deployments and OLs.
@scismgenie ...You should take pride in the fact the Habu had such a great safety record, especially working in the PSD shop, commenting on reasons why the Blackbird safety record in the 70's and 80's was just a fluke, perhaps your exposure to all the toxic materials in your shop enviroment has colored your feelings towards the whole Habu program..you and the other airmen in your shop, made aviation history....just my opinion....THX
@pipercub123456 No, the safety record was earned by hard work of everyone involved, but even with a great safety program and quality control accidents could happen outside of the actions of man. That much is simply luck. My comments were that because there were so few flying, in comparison, the achievement is less remarkable. Everyone in the program expected no aircraft losses, and did their daily jobs exceptionally, the safety record is coincidental. Zero Tolerance for error, (Rule 1).
@scismgenie I would question your statement that "everyone in the program expected no aircraft losses". Anybody expecting no losses - especially given the extremes of the SR-71's operating range(s) - is making a wholly unrealistic presumption. In others words, Shit Happens. Always.
Working in a "zero defect" environment is tough, no-one did expect failures, and they were generally NOT disappointed. In comparison to a normal wing of aircraft, we had very few in the air, and intense inspections at all times. If an aircraft had a red X for flight, and cancelled a flight that would be a wasted $1M. EVERY effort to keep the birds flying in 'perfect' condition was made, even to the point of having a hangar queen aircraft to k-ball parts from on short notice.
@scismgenie Once again, I would say that it was unreasonable not to expect failures. It is not in the nature of things mechanical to remain in perfect working order no matter the maintenance schedule or amount of preparation. Entropy is a fact of life and people make mistakes no matter the penalty. Anybody not expecting an eventual mechanical failure is not familiar with the Zen of machinery. You can shoot for perfection but you must acknowledge the reality of eventual failure.
You confuse expectation with contingency planning. If you plan for a contingency (what if scenarios) you do not EXPECT it to happen, but have a plan in place IF it happens. In order to expect a problem to occur you need some indication that there is a problem, The system was so tightly managed that there was virtually no room for errors, and thus no expectation of 'aircraft loss', and since I dealt with the egress system, if any anticipation came to pass, MY equipment would be the exit route
The suited pilots and RSOs were in suits my shop built, overhauled and inspected, sitting on survival kits we also built, with Oxygen systems we also built, etc, and with a parachute, life-raft and Preservers we also assembled, and inspected before and after each flight. EVERY other shop did the same, with their areas of responsibility. EVERY worker had a minimum 1 year of training before working the Flightline. Everyone who touched the plane had experience and supervision.
We also TRAINED the crews in survival, escape, evasion, Rescue procedures, Parachute control and landing, use of the suit and survival systems. WE gave Chamber training and therapy. We taught the physiology of Flight. We debriefed the crews on the flight parameters, of speed, altitude, cabin altitude, rates of climb/descent. We built and overhauled regulators and suit pressure controllers. Electronics calibration, radios, pyrotechnics. Liquid Oxygen Converters. We did more than dress pilots
@scismgenie You're a little batty and oversensitive...I wasn't questioning your preparation, skills, or work ethic - just your expectation of zero failures. Lighten up, Francis...
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Because of the covert nature of the the project it meant that they could do that with out ever having to be accountable for there action. could you imagine this kind of power in the hands of someone like Gorge W Bush? It became obvious to the developers of the blackbird project that the power of the technology could out way the moral compass and fortitude of those who wield it. The SR-71 project was there to ensure peoples freedom, in the wrong hands it would do the exact opposite.
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The SR-71 blackbird project was getting to a place where it could seek out and destroy some leader of nuclear power before they could press the button, even if they were stuck in a bunker a couple of milometers under the earths surface. You know, if it came to it blow them up before they turn the northern hemisphere into a nuclear waist land. What this also meant was who ever wielded this power had the ability to choose which leaders they wanted to keep or not.
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I think sooner or later they will bring back into service. It is still the only means of getting reconnaissance that is always reliable. They retired the program because of where it was going and the power it was getting to have. the SR-71 program was started to stop wars from starting in the first place. When they stopped the program Lockheed made a missile called the phoenix that was designed specifically to carry a nuclear war head.
8AAK8 1 week ago
Reenginered from a UFO!
BluWolf2012 3 weeks ago
@BluWolf2012 ..The Habu is a UFO.......
pipercub123456 2 weeks ago
This is a very beautiful aircraft,
also my favorite.
YellowSnow6911 3 weeks ago
cherylw1958, tu a faux quand tu dit qu'il n'est plus en service, les USA nous mente et se serais pas la première fois, je le confirme
xxblackbirdstarxx 3 weeks ago
i love sr 71 blackbird =)
xxblackbirdstarxx 3 weeks ago
This is so beautiful. The most lovely airplane ever and this music fits so perfectly i watch this at least once a day. So sad that it's been retired. I love it so much i have a model of it on my computer desk it is the only decoration i have, nothing could beat it for such elegance. I envy all who flew her.
cherylw1958 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
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dafti 1 month ago
Reminds me of G.I. Joe ,the Cobra planes looked exactly like the SR-71 :D
mmmeijer0 1 month ago
makes me wanna cry when I just Know My eyes will never see this Beauty take Flight.
PastYears 1 month ago
america designe alot of stuff but belfast goo things such as the ejector seat and the hovering jet and the harrier jump jet and america takes credit for it huh bullshit
jgrindy494 1 month ago
@jgrindy494 ..And don't forget, you folks can also take credit for building the TITANIC...Cheers from America...
pipercub123456 3 weeks ago
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Theres pictures of a ejection seat restoration of one of the early seats from a SR-71 C-2 type here; flickr.com/photos/59468360@N08/sets/
memuk25 2 months ago
HD my ass
killmichbp 2 months ago
Love this Plane.In my opinion its the #1 Stealth plane
This Plane is Beast
fantaman100 2 months ago
SR 71 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
smari9 2 months ago
the music is wonderful when you see this plane.
digital13able1 3 months ago 15
The reality is the true capabilities of this aircraft are still classified, its most probable it went around mach 3.4 max, the SR-71 is the fastest plane ever built, non could match her speed and range at those speeds.
Rumor has it after they developed the SR-71, the us airforce went to work on an even faster aircraft, otherwise known as the aurora.
And dont even get started on the TR-3B black triangle, that stuff is deep black, its the type of area that men like Nickola Tesla were pioneering.
Roguefox2006 3 months ago
i definitely saw a yf-12 in that video during one of the clips
heto8youol 4 months ago
why the did retire the aircraft?
BballStarr3 4 months ago
another thing u claim u did peneterate ussr borders, but everyone knows that was never happend. they just approach our borders, but never flied in. as we built mig-31 u stopped to fly along our borders. btw we always followed it with our AAW, so we could take it easily down, but as i allready said sr-71 never broke our borders unlike china, korea, vietnam. so stop to dream yanks. its another most expensive crap-toy of americunts
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pipercub123456 3 months ago 6
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ofc georgy! i just said,that sr-71 (sound like russian rocket btw) never penetrated soviet borders. now u can go suizide, biatch!
Russia2010 3 months ago
@Russia2010 Wow! You certainly are a very literate person. "that was never happened"? "stop to dream"? I'll tell you what: how about you learn to write English, and then you can come back and make fun of Americans. Ok? Ok.
seththeincredible96 2 months ago
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Try to learn same level of russian how i can english! btw my native language is russian, not most primitive language of the world like english is!
Russia2010 2 months ago
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pipercub123456 2 months ago
@Russia2010 Then please do explain to me where you got the evidence that English is primitive? Я не в расизме, просто говорю, если вы хотите критиковать английский, изучать его в первую очередь.
seththeincredible96 2 months ago
For pure speed, with no payload, test pilot Mikhail M. Komarov averaged 2,982.5 km/h over a 500 km closed circuit in 1967, three months after the new aircraft was first shown to the public at Domodedovo. On the same day A. Fedotov reached an altitude of 29,977 metres (98,350 ft) with a 1,000 kilogram payload. But the MiG could go higher and eventually it became the first aircraft to go higher than 35,000 metres (115,000 ft)
Russia2010 4 months ago
Its funny how americunts take a credit for ussr records.
every americunt should be proud and claim about this shit-crap? haha
so u americunts really mean that this aircraft absolute high altitude, right?
but most ppls besides americunts ofc, know that mig-25 belong these records.
Russia2010 4 months ago
sr-71 online
GOSTgambler206 4 months ago
Our SR-71's in the air?
Jeffrey76515 4 months ago
Such a majestic plane. words cannot describe it. i'm having difficulty trying to explain how amazing this plane is.
EvilPlasticPlate 4 months ago
beautiful airplane and beauty song... I would want to fly with this machine... This is my dream...
DonStruclA 5 months ago
thumbs up if Beakman's World brought you here
anythinggoesjoe 5 months ago
now you americans cant even get out of debt you owe the chinese,
you people = fallen lol
bigbad1000do7a 5 months ago
In terms of sheer beauty aesthetics, likely no other plan designs will ever approach this one. The ghostly profile of this one makes it otherwordly. The current stealth F-22, in profile, looks down right ugly, although it obviously possesses radar obserbent and deflecting technologies --- in addition to the ability to carry high yielded weaponry --- that the SR-71 didn't have at the time it was designed.
HenryDavidT 5 months ago
This aircraft was decades ahead of its time. It represents the pinnacle of aviation, an unrivalled, unparallelled acheivement. Satellite imagery rendered this aircraft obsolete, but what an incredible aircraft it was!
jadedmastermind 5 months ago
It is a magnificent video with a suggestive music! Compliments from Udine, Italy!
sciamano69 5 months ago
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Don't thrust the official numbers people. SR71 used Ramjet technology. Ramjets require considerable forward speed to operate well, and as a class work most efficiently at speeds around Mach 3. This type of jet can operate up to speeds of Mach 6. ( Official source ! )
barthoedemaker 6 months ago
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pipercub123456 5 months ago
Star Wars designers took this plane when designing the Naboo spaceship seen in Episode 1
JCReaP 6 months ago
batman borrowed this many times
edwardtang1977 6 months ago
Are there any SR-71s still flying?
circuitprotector 6 months ago in playlist Planes
A bird that should have never left the sky: SR-71.
Xleptix 6 months ago 3
I was there at RAF Mildenhall, UK in 1975 or so when HABU made the speed record for trans atlantic flight. When it departed on the return leg of its speed run to LA. there was great fanfare and publicity, the BBC was there and I think a Royal or two. Less than an hour after departure we were notified that the aircraft had to shut down an engine and was returning.
MrGeorgieo 6 months ago
The crowds were gone and HABU made an uneventful landing. They left a day or so later and the rest is history. I know this to be true because I was there, I drove the FOLLOW ME truck when they landed and I debriefed the crew. wasn't a serious problem but why take chances at Mach 3+.
MrGeorgieo 6 months ago
I had to make 2 posts. Read the second one first
MrGeorgieo 6 months ago
@MrGeorgieo
we did record this!
files.radioscanner.ru/files/download/file7504/11243DOTmp3
Russia2010 4 months ago
@Russia2010 Your link doesn't work. B4 calling me a name, all I need is proof. From what I've read is that the Mig 25's burned out at top speeds, and that when the American scienitists got their hands on the Mig when one defected to Japan that they literally laughed at it.
BTW, compliments on your efforts to discuss in English. You do very well considering its not your native language. Peace.
asusucks 2 months ago
@asusucks
radioscanner.ru/files/records/file7504/
Click on winamp icon somewhere there.
so now to ya stupid saying about mig-25. as belenko was landed in japan ameriCUNTS (sorry i dont fucking like ya race, cuz all of u are stupid retards w/o any knowledge, u even dont know fucking another language, und want that fucking everyone learn ya fucking primitive language, and btw u stupid cunts are most aggressive race of the world.)
Russia2010 2 months ago
@Russia2010 One thing I've learned in life is that people who tend to swear and call others names typically are uneducated. You fall into that mold. Fact is the SR-71 flew higher and faster than the Mig 25 ever did, and yes, US scientists did actually laugh at the Mig-25's makings once they got a look at it and took it apart. The aircraft had crappy welds, transistors, its turning radious was the size of Texas, and it literally is a a rocket with wings. Believe me, there are many things I
asusucks 2 months ago
could say about the "typical" Russian, but i'm not going to stoop down to your level of a low life.
asusucks 2 months ago
@Russia2010 HAHA U R such a retard. You call us americans stupid; yet we have more nobel prizes, inventions, etc, than your shitty country. What's even funnier is that Russiacunts like youself don't even live in your nation. I even read recently where thousands of students are participating in a contest in Russia to come to US to study. They want to get out our your hellhole. It's also funny how we're so stupid yet all your country can do is copy us time & time again. Shut your hole bitch!
TheTequilaShooter 2 months ago
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@TheTequilaShooter
Who is fucking care about crap nobel price? its anyway a fucking show. nigger crapbama got nobel peace price, and started a war. what a fucking show. they come to study? are u fucking retard? check fucking stats moron. it was maybe in 90s but nowadays ppls around the world come to russia to study, cuz no fucking one need parasite shithole country like yankland! and btw. i never wanted to travel to ShitSA even to vocation. usa still sucks!
Russia2010 2 months ago
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@Russia2010 HAHA. U really are dumb. There are nobel prizes for other than just peace dipshit, but scientific achevments and other cultural accomplishments, as well. I laugh at your stupidity. I'm glad you don't want to come to the US. We don't need stupid trash like you. On the other hand we'll continue to take your people that know Russia is a hell hole. Heck, you must realize it yourself, you don't even live there, loser.
TheTequilaShooter 2 months ago
@Russia2010 Waite you call Americans agressive, bro your trying to defend Russia? Open a history book and then we can talk. Not to mention English is a very complex language to learn. and calling it primitve is basically like calling all Romance Languages and German primitive. Since English is rooted from German but our words have basis in Latin, and Latin is basically the father of all Romance languages
Darkfoxx999 2 days ago
@asusucks
were impressed about mig-25 cuz it was designed for resistance against EMP WEAPONS. yes it could be still used by fucking nuclear strike. not fucking one of americunts jet of this time had such properties.
anyway read the fucking manual, dude, before u start to carry a conversation with me about things u dont have any idea.
Russia2010 2 months ago
32 of these were made. 12 of them, or more than a third, were destroyed in accidents. That's not a great service record.
euclid901 6 months ago
@euclid901.. The Habu went from 1972 to 1989 without a single write off, this is an envious safety record considering the speed and altitude envelopes in which the aircraft operated,..THX
pipercub123456 6 months ago
@pipercub123456 Whatever the stats/performance, it's perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft ever made, imo.
euclid901 6 months ago
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blackbird unlocked aT 8 killstreak aT 7 if u have hardline.........thumbs up=)
bonds2k89 7 months ago
@bonds2k89
your lame.
AlanThePad 7 months ago
First time I listened to this song I was high on bombs, and I'll never forget how it felt. It was the most beautiful thing I ever heard.
crapdice 7 months ago
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i use this killstreak in cod :)
123Jandrew 7 months ago
EXCELLENT music choice
master09shredder 7 months ago
Corrected
sonicbombHD 7 months ago
It was developed for the CIA not the USAF
jgaribayn 7 months ago
Days gone by definitely, perhaps someday we can return to times like these. Times where american enguinty and innovation were taking us to quite literally new heights and places.
seanmartin1989 7 months ago 270
@seanmartin1989 You mean nazi ingenuity. I'm not saying the U.S.A. doesn't have great minds. I'm just saying, the minds behind the german war machine were "borrowed" by both U.S and the former soviet union. And people call conspiracy theorists loonies and kooks. FIFTY YEARS AGO YOU HAD THIS PLANE. WHAT TECHNOLOGY DO YOU HAVE NOW? more history, less charlie sheen
Sergio6726 7 months ago
@seanmartin1989 It still is. This plane was replaced by better ingenuity and innovation... orbit based satellites.
jdswiney 6 months ago
@seanmartin1989 imagine how we could improve with todays technology...
AlphaRoeGamin 4 months ago
@seanmartin1989 caugh caugh without help off germans and soviets america could not of gotten far with their american "enguinty"
rcnator101 4 months ago
@rcnator101 ..The important thing, is America did get there first......what does the means matter?? do you think the Cold War had some kind of rules for these countries to abide by??? if its important to you, all the Germans were American citizens as are a very large group of the population..German..in America, it your aren't a native American, then you had to come from a different country..understand?? I'M of German ancestry and proud of it...I just don't understand your point about Germany>>>
pipercub123456 4 months ago
I almost cry.
5479900 7 months ago
my big love <3
TheNuriBozkurt 7 months ago 2
I read that sometimes these planes were too hot to touch upon landing. I find this amazing given that at 40,000 feet, the air temps are -50 to -60; cold enough to chill things down very quickly...
beeroosterm 8 months ago
It's so strange... 40 years ago we where able to go higher and faster than ever and now, looking to the past marvelous, it seems like an picture of an impossible future.
marendur 8 months ago 261
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SR-71 nice plaine, but dont forgot, in 1977 MiG-25 absolute altitude record - 37,650 m. Speed 3300 km/h.
ete0 8 months ago
@marendur
Too bad the US seems destined to decay, mostly due to our inability to govern ourselves effectively as the Founding Fathers envisioned.
The SR-71, the Space Shuttle, the moon program, using the Russians, what's next to go?
WilliTune 6 months ago
@marendur true words
barthoedemaker 5 months ago
@marendur even i agree we could go faster than now BUT, don't think about 1 side of the coin, see the second side, how much was the safety, i mean SUPPOSE the plane malfumctions, what will happen to pilot especially during ejection... should i say.. he will freeze to death at that altitude :) so its safer but slower now
Thorium1996 4 months ago
the two people who disliked this video will be shoved up the devils ass
krish633 8 months ago
Blade Runner OST FTW!!!
SpiderMack89 8 months ago
Thumbs up if you only found out about this plane in transformers and black ops
VampiresDoRule 8 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 No, I don't. If they had them they would have used them. Never underestimate a man driven by his god to act. Reason and logic do not apply.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 See, that's why I disdain discussing conspiracy theories, there never is an end to argument. If you believe the conspiracy, you will believe anything ignoring the evidence. And yes my cousin was on the Pennsylvania crashed flight. so in ONE case of four the passengers had an uprising, but every terrorist/police briefing I have seen always says "give them what they want, and don't resist" Terrorized people FREEZE and become indecisive. TRAINED people react based on training.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 You under-rate the terrorists. First they were highly trained, in Europe and in Florida, second Bin Laden was much more than a "caveman," It was a well planned and executed mission. nothing amateur about any of it. Plastic handled Box knives with single edged razor blades, ENOUGH to cut people's throats.
scismgenie 8 months ago
sometimes it's hard to believe this was made in the 60s
just amazing
misterman111222 8 months ago
Sorry 14 airworthy USAF airframes.
scismgenie 8 months ago
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scismgenie 8 months ago
I see you now ... That one goes to scismgenie :-)
357Gareth 8 months ago
So little time to catch up to who gave me that mail ... Did that person mean one of the SR-71 family as there was an Interceptor version armed with two missiles that had the same roll as our English Electric Fork Lightening now out of service ... The plane was considered an 'X' fighter whilst it's bigger brother the SR-71 was a recon plane only ... I know NASA owns some of what remains ... Anyway I'll catch up to you :-)
357Gareth 8 months ago
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scismgenie 8 months ago
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scismgenie 8 months ago
I flew this once...
KungFriedChicken 8 months ago
I LOOVE THISSSSSS I WANNA FLY ONEEEE
RedKeso 9 months ago
@RedKeso I wanna fly a F-35 Lightning :D
GodofSnipers1 9 months ago
Wow! The song really describes how beautful the blackbird is when it's flying.
aamadoafpb 9 months ago
Does it make everyone below it red triangles? :o
lBeadz 9 months ago
Black Ops
MrHighspeedflow 9 months ago
i love when the afterburners ingnite at 1:00
suzukirm33rider 9 months ago
behold the glory of JETFIRE
laffodad23 9 months ago
the sr-71 became my fav plane cuz megan fox touched one
LilJew96 9 months ago
@LilJew96 yes
hotwheel360 9 months ago
Beautiful.
BBallBoy506 9 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 They have video footage from onlookers watching the planes impact the building. Also, we never gave Israel any SR-71's, so I don't think they flew any of them into the towers. I don't believe conspiracies that have surfaced about stuff like that from anyone, but irrefutable video evidence of two jet airliners flying into the towers is pretty hard to not believe. But who knows, maybe the people that filmed it are spies from Israel.....
Arcturus117 9 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 actualy it was the U.S. that did 9/11, but what ever.
L0GAN811 9 months ago
@Steelerguy6178 They flew SR-71's into the towers? Jesus youre a fucking moron...
Arcturus117 10 months ago 2
wow *-* what a amasin thing of HIGH TECHNIK !!!! a masterwork !!!!
TheStrawberrySunday 10 months ago
OMG SR-71 so fucking sexy looking
lgnroberson 10 months ago 5
@lgnroberson I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT THAT! IM NOT ALONE!
FrEaKoZOid16739 8 months ago
OMG COD BLACK OPS *nergasm*
Melee2Kil 10 months ago
noobs using blackbird xD jk
TySamProductions 10 months ago
why can't the aliens make up their own design?
nobolony1 10 months ago
2 former KGB agent dislike the video
matLFRC 10 months ago
id love to see one if these fly over head!!
uhohspagettio 10 months ago 2
ridiculous that at least half of the commenters wouldnt know about the existence of this plane without that awful shitty game.
ahgnfjie 10 months ago 2
@ahgnfjie naw they would have known cuz of X-men
killavybz1 10 months ago
@ahgnfjie I used to work on them, and my grandfather was a skunkworks electrical engineer designing and building them. These wacko conspiracy theories are more wacko than anything I can think of.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@ahgnfjie Hmm, Call to duty, D.A.R.Y.L., Transformers 2, and 30 years of covert surveillance of Soviet Cold War assets. Windows Flight simulator, and any number of other things, I think I'll claim the 30 years part.
scismgenie 8 months ago
has something been replaced for the blackbird, is it the u-2 spy plane or what
Nazizombies97 10 months ago
@Nazizombies97 no. play your call of duty.
pobbart13 10 months ago
@pobbart13 Ok asshole. I barely play it and i just saw it in the game and I am interested in it now. And I know that a U-2 spy plane has reached up to 70,000 ft or something close to that so just wait to criticize me because I have played a video game, and I have always liked looking up planes to see what they have accomplished in the sky. I was looking the blackbird up and there was a video of the u-2 spy plane that looked like a similar concept of it, so sorry for asking a question.
Nazizombies97 10 months ago
@Nazizombies97 The U2, also made by the Skunkworks is a few years older than the Blackbird series. I think the U2 is up to the s or T model by now, and that includes the newer TR-1 derivatives. U2s can hit 80,000 feet +.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@pobbart13 Anyways I am not the kid who plays the game 8 hours a day to get pissed off and waste my time on something that isn't real, and you must know something about the game if you know it references to black ops
Nazizombies97 10 months ago
@pobbart13 And by the way, I checked your channel a minute ago, and your profile pic is cod, and all your fav videos are cod so fuck off
Nazizombies97 10 months ago
I love seeing this beauty cut trough sky.
Mauroo13 11 months ago
The music and the video went together perfectly. AWESOME :D
bacon525 11 months ago
I don't know which art is greater, this plane or this song. Perfect combination.
Vore667 11 months ago
Black Ops
finnishockey 11 months ago
@finnishockey wrong plane. go away.
eaglesdood16 11 months ago
It was truly a work of art.
UFO721 11 months ago
Why the fuck would someone dislike this???
VinceVonVicious 11 months ago
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bacon525 11 months ago
was that a "secret black project" like the B-2 Stealth
kenntracie 11 months ago
When we made this machine we were saying " Hey! Now try and shoot this sucker down!!"
U3X6785 11 months ago
Our SR-71 is in the air
AxLxVeNoM 11 months ago
Our SR-71 is in the air
xw4shi0x3 11 months ago
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COD BLACK OPS!
SickM3nace 1 year ago
I'm not american... I'm Brazillian, but you people shown a great work here...
marendur 1 year ago
the blackbird was far ahead of its time. there were to many problems that we couldnt solve like the unsealed gas taks on it. it lost tons of fuel do to this. even the titanium would stretch 2 to 3 feet. it served its purpose back in the 60s and 70s but it would of been much more badass with the new technology that we have today.
suzukirm33rider 1 year ago
@suzukirm33rider The leaky fuel tanks were on purpose. It grew 18 inches when at speed/altitude, the panels sealed when it expanded from heat/friction. This aircraft was cooled by its fuel.
scismgenie 8 months ago
is that area 51 at 1:19?
suzukirm33rider 1 year ago
US. Air Force Secretary Robert C. Seamans deemed the Mig-25 as "Probably the best interceptor in production in the world today". In 1967 a stripped down Mig-25 set a world record by achieving a speed of 1,852 MPH and another aircraft set the altitude record by soaring to 118,898 feet.
Vore667 1 year ago
@Vore667 But mig 25 wasn't cheap with interchangeable parts and as aircraft with perfect conditions it couldn't archive Mach 3 with some damage from prolonged use. USA in that time lacked real interceptor. A-12 prototype (Sr-71) was started as interceptor. You see this program "failed" plane was too good for interceptor. Later backshlash against mig 25 created Tornado, F15-16 various planes. Mig 29 was created to replace 25's sometimes unreliable nature.
chronius9 1 year ago
Its not made by lockheed anymore. Its made by Lockheed Martin. And for the people out there that think that it stopped flying a wile ago, u r wrong. Area-51 actually still uses them. This plane is sooo old though. It is my favorite plane. If you live in manhattan and you go to the south street sea port, you can see a navy vessel docked there and on the deck ther is an actual a-12 blackbird. wen it was still the a-12 and not the sr-71. Coolest plane ever. Super cool cameras on the bottom
MrShadythe2nd 1 year ago
amazing video i love that plane and if i could and had enough cash i would buy one off these and keep it in my back yard :D
harper9494 1 year ago
@harper9494 I'd settle for a pressure suit.
scismgenie 8 months ago
the most amazing and pretty plane ever made it all most makes me cry that as a race we are goin backwards
harper9494 1 year ago
1:09 - That's the interceptor before the SR-71, the YF-12 isn't it?
WonkyTonkBotty 1 year ago
@WonkyTonkBotty the sr-71 is the blackbird nooble
Burntpies990 1 year ago
@WonkyTonkBotty Exactly, few people saw that. Good observation.
ionuttamasan 1 year ago
None of you will know what this plane was really capable of, unless you flew it.
tqure 1 year ago
@tqure yeah. because you did.
Burntpies990 1 year ago
@Burntpies990
I did not state anywhere that i am an exclusion to this, anyone who knows this bird will know that this is true! ask one of the habu's.
tqure 1 year ago
@tqure Not true, I know.
scismgenie 8 months ago
This has been my favorite video for a really long time...it's so beautiful. Thank you.
quarkycharm 1 year ago
Beautiful aircraft ... and the only one ever known to hold four World records at any one time ... most of all whilst it was in Military Service it also had 100% safety record which I consider a World Record in itself ... it's true what they say that something that looks so beautiful also performs well ...
357Gareth 1 year ago
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scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie ..The SR-71 went from mid 1973 to mid 1989 without a single loss.during this period.the best safety record of any other U.S A.F. aircraft...
pipercub123456 8 months ago
@pipercub123456 12 Blackbirds were lost due to crashes and accidents. That is over the entire career of the airframe. There were during MOST of this time only 14 airworthy airframes, although 36 (some say 33) aircraft were built and flown in all variations. Operational loses during the cold war period were not publicized. Some are mentioned by past pilots and experts on the program in various works.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie ..My records show the following.. A-12..18 A/F [A-12924 thru A-12941].. built, 8 lost// included YF-12 ..3 A/F built, [ YF-12934 thru YF-12936.] also included M-21 [A-12940 and A-12941]//.//...SR-71..32 A/F built..[ 71950 thru 71981]..12 lost..total of 50. TI -Mono Frames in total....but no A/F losses from mid 1973 to mid 1989....
pipercub123456 8 months ago
@pipercub123456 I didn't have the breakdown, but the best safety record isn't really that impressive considering that there weren't that many flying. Also you have to realize that the program had a zero error tolerance, and all shops which worked on it had a lot of pride that no significant errors were made. The rules at Beale were much stricter than on the average flightline. Everything got triple checked, and a 5-7 year stay in the assignment was normal (Code 51).
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie ..In the enviroment in which the Blackbird operated, I'd call their safety record, outstanding...as where most SAC run units..still an impressive record.for the Habu....
pipercub123456 8 months ago
@pipercub123456 I worked the program at PSD from 1979-82. By normal operational squadron size our "fleet" was 25% of the aircraft of a normal wing. By that ratio it would be expected to have significantly less opportunity for mishaps, and there were "incidents" which did not result in airframe loss. I can think of many emergency landings and quite a lot of LRT deployments to recover birds which landed in unexpected places. There were also classified deployments and OLs.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie ...You should take pride in the fact the Habu had such a great safety record, especially working in the PSD shop, commenting on reasons why the Blackbird safety record in the 70's and 80's was just a fluke, perhaps your exposure to all the toxic materials in your shop enviroment has colored your feelings towards the whole Habu program..you and the other airmen in your shop, made aviation history....just my opinion....THX
pipercub123456 8 months ago
@pipercub123456 No, the safety record was earned by hard work of everyone involved, but even with a great safety program and quality control accidents could happen outside of the actions of man. That much is simply luck. My comments were that because there were so few flying, in comparison, the achievement is less remarkable. Everyone in the program expected no aircraft losses, and did their daily jobs exceptionally, the safety record is coincidental. Zero Tolerance for error, (Rule 1).
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie I would question your statement that "everyone in the program expected no aircraft losses". Anybody expecting no losses - especially given the extremes of the SR-71's operating range(s) - is making a wholly unrealistic presumption. In others words, Shit Happens. Always.
beeroosterm 8 months ago
Working in a "zero defect" environment is tough, no-one did expect failures, and they were generally NOT disappointed. In comparison to a normal wing of aircraft, we had very few in the air, and intense inspections at all times. If an aircraft had a red X for flight, and cancelled a flight that would be a wasted $1M. EVERY effort to keep the birds flying in 'perfect' condition was made, even to the point of having a hangar queen aircraft to k-ball parts from on short notice.
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie Once again, I would say that it was unreasonable not to expect failures. It is not in the nature of things mechanical to remain in perfect working order no matter the maintenance schedule or amount of preparation. Entropy is a fact of life and people make mistakes no matter the penalty. Anybody not expecting an eventual mechanical failure is not familiar with the Zen of machinery. You can shoot for perfection but you must acknowledge the reality of eventual failure.
beeroosterm 8 months ago
You confuse expectation with contingency planning. If you plan for a contingency (what if scenarios) you do not EXPECT it to happen, but have a plan in place IF it happens. In order to expect a problem to occur you need some indication that there is a problem, The system was so tightly managed that there was virtually no room for errors, and thus no expectation of 'aircraft loss', and since I dealt with the egress system, if any anticipation came to pass, MY equipment would be the exit route
scismgenie 8 months ago
The suited pilots and RSOs were in suits my shop built, overhauled and inspected, sitting on survival kits we also built, with Oxygen systems we also built, etc, and with a parachute, life-raft and Preservers we also assembled, and inspected before and after each flight. EVERY other shop did the same, with their areas of responsibility. EVERY worker had a minimum 1 year of training before working the Flightline. Everyone who touched the plane had experience and supervision.
scismgenie 8 months ago
We also TRAINED the crews in survival, escape, evasion, Rescue procedures, Parachute control and landing, use of the suit and survival systems. WE gave Chamber training and therapy. We taught the physiology of Flight. We debriefed the crews on the flight parameters, of speed, altitude, cabin altitude, rates of climb/descent. We built and overhauled regulators and suit pressure controllers. Electronics calibration, radios, pyrotechnics. Liquid Oxygen Converters. We did more than dress pilots
scismgenie 8 months ago
@scismgenie You're a little batty and oversensitive...I wasn't questioning your preparation, skills, or work ethic - just your expectation of zero failures. Lighten up, Francis...
beeroosterm 8 months ago