@jeradwtfdub what does that have to do with flying a plane? im fifteen, i have my recreational pilots permit, and im not due to get my drivers for another ten months.
Imagine ! This bird was designed in the late 1950s built in 1962 and it still appears to us to be state of the art. Imagine what they have secreted nowadays.
i use to see this plane flying all the time when i was stationed at edwards back in the late 60's early 70's. it was one of many planes of all configurations tested at the air force flight test center (afftc),
The first 20 seconds where shot at Beale, the rest of the film was shot taking off and landing at Palmdale(Plant 42) recorded by a T-38 pace chase A/C..
@badger071 what about when the f22 raptor came out and no other country had their generation... uh 6? was it? or the um... i can't remember the name exactly..i think it was... night hawk? the bomber they just recently retired? also the Russians have that new stealth technology yes no plane gets as high or as fast as this but we now have satellites so we dont really need to ascend so much
Today it is still a secret how they got the titanium out of Russia to built this plane. Wonderful plane. The most awesome plane ever built. No plane will ever be so many years ahead of its time when built today. This machine was built when computers was not availeble. I built it as model kit i 1986. And I still have it in my apartment (I am 40!). By the way...what is the music? Greetings from Scandinavia
this is still the fastest plane ever - and it was conceived in the early 1960s/very late 1950s. this was a time when fridges and toasters were futuristic and radical, a time when supersonic flight was just coming into fruition, and yet this could do mach 3 and a bit
@Tormod94 ..Concerning the "front end" this is probably the first video of A/C 955, fitted with the "Duckbill" which contained the new ASARS side imaging system..cira 1985.. THX
@ruairiduff ya it was......its a great piece of tech and still is better than any our spy sattelites, since it can provide information in real time. but i guess in the end it was just way too expensive to maintain em
we have the u2 still...(but i dont think its as cool, lol)
okay so i have personally flown the sr 71 thousands of times, and it fucking sucks, i like flying the air forces e-2 hawkeyes much better, fuck the blackbird...gayest thing ever
No Blackbird pilot would ever say something like that. Pilots that applied to fly the Blackbird were run through the wringer and lots washed out, and each one made it through felt they were about the luckiest man alive. Only a complete numb-nutted moron wannabe would make such an ignorant, immature statement.
Los Angeles, Ca. to Washington, D.C., distance 2,299.7 miles (3,701.0 km), average speed 2,144.8 miles per hour (3,451.7 km/h), and an elapsed time of 64 minutes 20 seconds
"I am a pilot in the airforce. I am hoping to fly a SR-71 Black Bird some day in my career. I currently fly f-18s for airshows -.- as I am decommission from the war."
LMAO! FA-18s are US Navy jets. And he was "decommissioned" from the war! LOL
You resigned your commission to fly FA-18s for Air Force airshows!?!?!
I am wondering since i was a boy if x-49 night raven (ace combat 3 electrosphere) is a reality or just a scienific dream.. This plane is a real miracle, i love it!! It's not just the design that makes it special, it's also the pulse laser gun that carries.. Just a dream!!
The military quit flying these years ago. I believe the last couple flying were by NASA for high altitude research but I doubt they made too many flights. I saw one land in Okinawa in 1968 and it was impressive. I hugh sonic boom just before arriving.
THEY ARE NOT FLYING,NOT ONE NOT TWO OR THREE THEY ARE NO MORE..... do some research people,and for some good advice,Dont watch the "discovery channel" to get your information,and dont go to some random "wikipedia" page,dont go to "above topsecret" ,ITS ALL CRAP or at least MOST of it.
lmao a 71 hasnt flown since 1999 xD i dont know were people get the belief that they still have two flying at edwards,i mean there was2 or 3 flying there but they stopped in 99
I am a pilot in the airforce. I am hoping to fly a SR-71 Black Bird some day in my career. I currently fly f-18s for airshows -.- as I am decommission from the war.
@sswemmer The SR71 got decommissioned after it was realized that it was basically too expensive to keep running. It was a maintenance nightmare, with fueltanks designed to seal when pressurized... and a pressurization system that didn't work when the plane was deactivated.
@Tortiak...Let me ask you a question...You're in the Air Force, and you fly F-18's? If you're talking about the United States Air Force, then you're a bold-face liar.
@Tortiak ....don't think so. The Navy wouldn't let you. And good luck on your dream. The 71 no longer exists (master crew chief, SR-71s, Kadena Japan '72-73, birds were decommissioned after the 70s... I know of one in Dayton museum. Rumor has it NASA has one squirreled away somewhere. Other than that, they are no longer)
@technocrash09 I just did a search just a few seconds ago. They were not decommissioned in the 70's. They were finally decommissioned in the late 80's early 90's I have the link if you want to see for yourself. I found the information on Strategic Air Command site
@Shaddow1966 Yes, I miss-typed and meant to say "decommissioned after the 80s". I know they weren't decommissioned in the 70s because I was working on them then. And I would not put too much faith in information you find on the internet, especially when it concerns classified weapons. They (in this case SAC) will only tell you what they want you to know. This is coming from someone who held a classified security clearance btw.
@technocrash09 They decommed the SR-71 in the 70's, but they brought a couple back out in like the 1990's since spy sats weren't cutting it. They've since dropped them again.
@justforever96 Gee, I wonder what those things were I was working on in Kadena in 1973 (??)....and the only one in the 90's that I am aware of that was actually being used belonged to NASA. Not saying there weren't more considering how useful they were :)
I DID, however, work on them in the 70's (contrary to what you have posted)
@technocrash09 Sorry, that should have said "80's". Oops. And even that is only technically correct; I just checked, and I guess it was closer to 1990 when they did it. (However, it would have been better if I had just read the other comments first, since they say all that a few inches above.) Anyway, I wasn't trying to discredit you in the first place, I was just mentioning that they were re-activated briefly. I'm no expert, I just remembered that fact from somewhere.
a couple of them were reactivated in 1995, I think, and lasted a couple of years...there were two airshows in California in the fall of 1997, one at Beale and one at Edwards...one of the AF's SRs flew in the Beale airshow, and was supposed to fly again at the Edwards show a month later, but earlier the SAME WEEK they cut the funding so it sat like a sad lump in a static display...but at least one of NASA Dryden's SRs took up the slack and flew both days....it was great to see...
The NASA Dryden SR that flew in the Edwards airshow, one of two they had for high altitude research, was the SR-71B model, the trainer, and I found out from a website years later that the flight it made on each of the two days of the airshow were the last time it ever flew, which is very sad, but at least I was there to see it fly the last two times it ever did...apparently they flew their remaining SR for a couple more years, but it made its last flight in an airshow in 1999...
there are NO, publicly known, aircraft that can reach Mach 8. they have a million different ideas...but none that have been built. we don't have the propulsion system for that yet. CVC engines combined with a turbine engine is the next idea to get us that capability.
no, joseph, the x-43 did not ever fly. there are tons of ideas for planes faster than the SR-71, but none were built and tested like the SR-71. DARPA is currently working on the "SR-72" which will be Mach 4+, at least, but hope to get it to Mach 6+. They are passed the R&D phase and are now entering Phase 1 of a 4 phase project. Google "Vulcan Engine" for a ton of info.
I hope everyone is aware that there are aircraft that go 3x faster than this plane. I mean, this plane was extremely great for it's time and set the bar for future planes. But alot of people still mistake this for the fastest plane ever.
look up x-43, it was i think an experimental plane that went to hypersonic speeds(hypersonic is mach 5, [supersonic is mach1]). It actually is said to go to mach 7 but im sure i read somewhere it went to mach 9.
EXPERIMENTAL PLANES. God, there are tons of planes made with scram jets and rocket powered that go mach 8. You're dumb for being extremely uneducated about planes. So ironic, because you're calling me dumb when you are truly the dumb one. You can't even put a sentence together with correct grammar/spelling. Idiot....
I think the idea was that the SR-71 is the fastest PRODUCTION plane. The X-43 never flew, the X-15 went Mach 7-point-something, but was an expirimental rocket plane; the Blackbird has been in series production, is jet-powered, and in military service performing a useful mission. To me, the X-15 was a plane-shaped rocket-ship. I suppose that's just a point of view, but as far as useful Mach 3+ capability, the SR-71 is the one. This is partly because they can't make Mach 3 PRACTICAL yet.
@coldfarted I think I was referring to the full size X-43. The only X-43 that ever flew was a 4-foot long one...I consider that more like a missile. In any case, it's the same case as the X-15; far from production. The SR-71 was and is the fastest production.
Anyone who knows anything about planes, and doesnt just watch crap stuff and listen to other idiots would know about what im talking about. Any person that doesnt know much about planes at all(you) would think this is the fastest plane existing.
I know a guy who flew french luxury jets, and he once had a co-pilot who used to fly an SR-71 during the cold war. He said he would take off around midnight in nebraska, and he would imediately climb to keep from going super-sonic so they didn't alert any spies. He would only be able to level out after thousands of feet, and then it would take 100's of miles to move the nose down a foot because he was going so fast. He would fly to Russia, get missiles shot at him, and be back for lunch
superlou1s Tell your friend that his co-pilot had better get back on his medications.....yours is truely a n off the wall omment from your friends co-pilot..
babysat many at McClellen air force base in sacramento in the mid 70's. quite a bird.Can take a photo of a dime and you can read the date at 90,000 feet.wow!
it cant fly around the world in 30 minutes trust me, i live right by beale afb the home of these babys for 30 years and i talk to pilots who use to fly them and it can fly around the world in about 3 and a half hours.
A 'round the world' equatorial flight was actually planned for the US bicentennial celebrations in 76. The plan was scrapped when HQUSAF saw the cost of deploying required assets to FOBs. Almost 100 KC-135 flights were required for a safe operation, only seven of which would refuel the SR-71. The planned run would take 16 hours 20 minutes.
Ugh... People pick the lamest musical choices to accompany their fawning homages to the military-industrial complex. Like chickens romanticizing a foxes plush coat while humming a tune from a toilet paper commercial.
too bad they dont use it any more they say that thing can fly around the world in 30mins and that by the time the enemy gets the signal the blackbird is over 200 miles away but take alot of fuel
Love it...one of the fastest jets in the world, never shot down only because its too high, with a ceiling of just over 80,000 ft, its motto is: Yay thou I walk through thy valley of death, I fear no evil, For I am 70,000 feet And climbing. anyways, they put it out of service a while back, because there was flaws in the matterials. it would expand at higher altitudes, putting the SR-71 in desperate need of a refuel. It was just too frustrating for the USAF.
Now,That's a plane
spookyboy1000 2 months ago
I wana fly this one day, but I don't have my drivers license yet.
jeradwtfdub 2 months ago
@jeradwtfdub what does that have to do with flying a plane? im fifteen, i have my recreational pilots permit, and im not due to get my drivers for another ten months.
roflmaucopterjmp 2 months ago
It can go moch 3 to as fast as it wants
NixonHippieHater25 4 months ago
Anyone knows the speed in final ?
greghm 4 months ago in playlist Autres vidéos de mdnewey
Very fitting soundtrack...
humlebi50 4 months ago
Imagine ! This bird was designed in the late 1950s built in 1962 and it still appears to us to be state of the art. Imagine what they have secreted nowadays.
TelecasterLPGTop 4 months ago
i use to see this plane flying all the time when i was stationed at edwards back in the late 60's early 70's. it was one of many planes of all configurations tested at the air force flight test center (afftc),
wntoply6 5 months ago
Tne most beautiful plane I have ever seen.
goodtogonow3 5 months ago
The first 20 seconds where shot at Beale, the rest of the film was shot taking off and landing at Palmdale(Plant 42) recorded by a T-38 pace chase A/C..
pipercub123456 5 months ago
how the f**k could we have invented that when we didn't even have color movies ?
HBKILLMISSU 6 months ago
they have to wear space suits cuz they go up so high!?!?!?!?!?!
i know what i want for christmas.....
hiddenhalo1 6 months ago
Sexiest plane ever.
meh123meh123meh 6 months ago 3
looks slow
airzano142 6 months ago
dear santa...
hilariousthingz 6 months ago
RACIST TO BIRDS!!!!
PreZeRKa 7 months ago
chuck norris flies blackbirds
MrToxicpoptart 7 months ago
lovin the 70's porn music!!!!
ONEpocketKID21 7 months ago
Nice video i like the Blackbird I salute to you USAF member!
theBrysonman 7 months ago
@badger071 what about when the f22 raptor came out and no other country had their generation... uh 6? was it? or the um... i can't remember the name exactly..i think it was... night hawk? the bomber they just recently retired? also the Russians have that new stealth technology yes no plane gets as high or as fast as this but we now have satellites so we dont really need to ascend so much
lilice1907 8 months ago
Today it is still a secret how they got the titanium out of Russia to built this plane. Wonderful plane. The most awesome plane ever built. No plane will ever be so many years ahead of its time when built today. This machine was built when computers was not availeble. I built it as model kit i 1986. And I still have it in my apartment (I am 40!). By the way...what is the music? Greetings from Scandinavia
Badger071 8 months ago
this is still the fastest plane ever - and it was conceived in the early 1960s/very late 1950s. this was a time when fridges and toasters were futuristic and radical, a time when supersonic flight was just coming into fruition, and yet this could do mach 3 and a bit
JoeyThe14th 9 months ago
.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/Hornet/AP45.htm they do fly f 18s
MrDarkace666 9 months ago
beautiful plane :) They should've kept at least one running just for shows
Narsedax 10 months ago
american quality
jooohnney 10 months ago
I wonder how fast the blackbird can really go
yoyoyoyoshua 11 months ago
@yoyoyoyoshua Mach 3.3+ (2,200 MPH, 3,530 KM/hr, 1,900 Knots)
wowdude999 10 months ago
@yoyoyoyoshua over 2000 knots
superyomomma101 9 months ago
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pipercub123456 11 months ago 16
Front part reminds me of joint strike fighter!
Tormod94 11 months ago
@Tormod94 ..Concerning the "front end" this is probably the first video of A/C 955, fitted with the "Duckbill" which contained the new ASARS side imaging system..cira 1985.. THX
pipercub123456 11 months ago 69
Had one land at my runway when I was stationed at Cherry Point back in '70. They officially didn't exist back then.
martywny 11 months ago
do you get to fly one of these in the us airforce?
nogin55 11 months ago
@nogin55 there not in service
yoyoyoyoshua 11 months ago
"BOLD-FACE"? Like a style of lettering ? How about "BALD-FACE"
smewr 11 months ago
one of the coolest planes EVER
mbenzsl2000 1 year ago
so i kill 8 people this will magically appear on my GPS .
jenova6669 1 year ago
was the sr-71 not decomisioned?
ruairiduff 1 year ago
@ruairiduff ya it was......its a great piece of tech and still is better than any our spy sattelites, since it can provide information in real time. but i guess in the end it was just way too expensive to maintain em
we have the u2 still...(but i dont think its as cool, lol)
mbenzsl2000 1 year ago
What the fuck is it with people pretending to be pilots! trying to pick up young boys on the internet or something!?!!?
Baking Shit Almighty! Get a life, or if that is seriously off the radar, steal someones identity and stalk their wife!
BabylonWhore666 1 year ago 6
18 people that disliked this is cuz they cant get a 8 kill streak in cod black ops.
TheCnCgamer 1 year ago
Wutever dude, that was like, eh 2 years ago? Like Rocco Morelli says, "Forgetta 'bout it"
Tortiak 1 year ago
@alliancewithdeath
Dude. Fucking Faggot. Seriously, it was already proved that I lied. Idiot.
Tortiak 1 year ago
I think that this is actually an A-12.
EpicureMammon 1 year ago
@EpicureMammon I don't know when this video was taken but the A-12 was retired in 1968
coldfarted 1 year ago
RIP LELAND HAYNES.
OsanBlackCat5RS 1 year ago
okay so i have personally flown the sr 71 thousands of times, and it fucking sucks, i like flying the air forces e-2 hawkeyes much better, fuck the blackbird...gayest thing ever
jpdgfx7 1 year ago
@jpdgfx7 excuse me...but the Air Force doesnt have any E-2 Hawkeyes in its inventory.
Air Force: E-3 Sentry
Navy: E-2 Hawkeye
SoccerBoy77 1 year ago
@jpdgfx7 you sure?? you don' sound like someone who has flown an SR-71 'thousands of times'
rsyodi 1 year ago
@jpdgfx7 you spend to much time in front of your simulator kid
Anrboy 1 year ago
@Anrboy he closed his account:L
pandawaste123 1 year ago
@jpdgfx7
No Blackbird pilot would ever say something like that. Pilots that applied to fly the Blackbird were run through the wringer and lots washed out, and each one made it through felt they were about the luckiest man alive. Only a complete numb-nutted moron wannabe would make such an ignorant, immature statement.
leisulin 1 year ago
Los Angeles, Ca. to Washington, D.C., distance 2,299.7 miles (3,701.0 km), average speed 2,144.8 miles per hour (3,451.7 km/h), and an elapsed time of 64 minutes 20 seconds
coldfarted 1 year ago
7 Killstreak --- SR-71 on the way jkjk
XxGodlyClanxX 1 year ago
@XxGodlyClanxX HAHAH !! YESS!!!!! BLACKOPS FTW!!
ladida89 1 year ago
horrible perspective to show this landing :S
Spy1228 1 year ago
What's the music?
otterboxiphone 1 year ago
"I am a pilot in the airforce. I am hoping to fly a SR-71 Black Bird some day in my career. I currently fly f-18s for airshows -.- as I am decommission from the war."
LMAO! FA-18s are US Navy jets. And he was "decommissioned" from the war! LOL
You resigned your commission to fly FA-18s for Air Force airshows!?!?!
Ahahahahaha
glezzery62 1 year ago
@glezzery62 Not to mention that the SR-71 has been decommissioned years ago...
E11VeNE 1 year ago
@glezzery62 the SR-71 have been retired dude, sorry.
footballmaniac88 1 year ago
Why people feel the need to put gay songs instead of hearing engine noises is beyond me...
thechazzzz 1 year ago
i fly Sr-71 but the fuel for this plane is very expensive so i only fly for take off and then 10 minute fly around and landing
Newbpwng 1 year ago
@Newbpwng
Idiot
technocrash09 1 year ago
@technocrash09 keep if to yourself you helpless faggot
Newbpwng 1 year ago
@Newbpwng Fuck U
technocrash09 1 year ago
ive sat in one but it was at mueseum of flight !!!!
1998bogdan 1 year ago
who chose the music for this?
OsanBlackCat5RS 1 year ago
Listen to that 1980's mullet music!
OsanBlackCat5RS 1 year ago
I am wondering since i was a boy if x-49 night raven (ace combat 3 electrosphere) is a reality or just a scienific dream.. This plane is a real miracle, i love it!! It's not just the design that makes it special, it's also the pulse laser gun that carries.. Just a dream!!
HyPeR19861 1 year ago
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@HyPeR19861
YOu are a true idiot my friend
mlchiLCA 1 year ago
i ,ove this airplane
SalahFan91 1 year ago
the most beautiful plane ever built :)
Cougar2628 1 year ago
we don't want your lame music we want to hear the sound of the engines !!
RabidRat88 1 year ago
I bet seeing that in person is like, unreal...
Jameslh605 1 year ago
chase plane?
NombredeusuarioY 2 years ago
Blackbird is blackbird
I want my baby back
It's gray, it's gray
Since she went away, Ooh-Ooh
What can I do
NombredeusuarioY 2 years ago
Can someone say the title of this classic song remastered?
NombredeusuarioY 2 years ago
"Black is Black" was originally recorded by "Los Bravos" in 1966. Covered by Rick Springfield in 1982, and "Los Straitjackets" in 2001.
SewEyeSea 2 years ago
thanks,we note that the video's editor ,did not chose this song by chance...
NombredeusuarioY 2 years ago
The military quit flying these years ago. I believe the last couple flying were by NASA for high altitude research but I doubt they made too many flights. I saw one land in Okinawa in 1968 and it was impressive. I hugh sonic boom just before arriving.
RevFastEddy 2 years ago
THEY ARE NOT FLYING,NOT ONE NOT TWO OR THREE THEY ARE NO MORE..... do some research people,and for some good advice,Dont watch the "discovery channel" to get your information,and dont go to some random "wikipedia" page,dont go to "above topsecret" ,ITS ALL CRAP or at least MOST of it.
OsanBlackCat5RS 2 years ago
o.o, we got to fly 1 in training :'(
???
Tortiak 2 years ago
@Tortiak liar pant on fire , lol
1998bogdan 1 year ago
lmao a 71 hasnt flown since 1999 xD i dont know were people get the belief that they still have two flying at edwards,i mean there was2 or 3 flying there but they stopped in 99
OsanBlackCat5RS 2 years ago
I am a pilot in the airforce. I am hoping to fly a SR-71 Black Bird some day in my career. I currently fly f-18s for airshows -.- as I am decommission from the war.
Tortiak 2 years ago
coward
therealbamlee 2 years ago
The SR-71 never flies again, all are out of service. As an air force pilot you should know that.
sswemmer 2 years ago
@sswemmer The SR71 got decommissioned after it was realized that it was basically too expensive to keep running. It was a maintenance nightmare, with fueltanks designed to seal when pressurized... and a pressurization system that didn't work when the plane was deactivated.
vharshyde 1 year ago
@Tortiak...Let me ask you a question...You're in the Air Force, and you fly F-18's? If you're talking about the United States Air Force, then you're a bold-face liar.
EvilAirlinePilot 2 years ago 37
not usaf, auaf
Tortiak 2 years ago
@Tortiak You're hoping to fly a plane that was retired in 1998 in your carrer?
FutureLHpilot 7 months ago
Nope. Either you're an idiot, or a liar.
Goldiney 2 years ago
@Tortiak ....don't think so. The Navy wouldn't let you. And good luck on your dream. The 71 no longer exists (master crew chief, SR-71s, Kadena Japan '72-73, birds were decommissioned after the 70s... I know of one in Dayton museum. Rumor has it NASA has one squirreled away somewhere. Other than that, they are no longer)
technocrash09 1 year ago
@technocrash09 also as seen in I am Legend they're making a driving range out of one in 2012
Crisscross31597 1 year ago
@technocrash09 I just did a search just a few seconds ago. They were not decommissioned in the 70's. They were finally decommissioned in the late 80's early 90's I have the link if you want to see for yourself. I found the information on Strategic Air Command site
Shaddow1966 1 year ago
@Shaddow1966 Yes, I miss-typed and meant to say "decommissioned after the 80s". I know they weren't decommissioned in the 70s because I was working on them then. And I would not put too much faith in information you find on the internet, especially when it concerns classified weapons. They (in this case SAC) will only tell you what they want you to know. This is coming from someone who held a classified security clearance btw.
technocrash09 1 year ago
@technocrash09 They decommed the SR-71 in the 70's, but they brought a couple back out in like the 1990's since spy sats weren't cutting it. They've since dropped them again.
justforever96 1 year ago
@justforever96 Gee, I wonder what those things were I was working on in Kadena in 1973 (??)....and the only one in the 90's that I am aware of that was actually being used belonged to NASA. Not saying there weren't more considering how useful they were :)
I DID, however, work on them in the 70's (contrary to what you have posted)
technocrash09 1 year ago
@technocrash09 Sorry, that should have said "80's". Oops. And even that is only technically correct; I just checked, and I guess it was closer to 1990 when they did it. (However, it would have been better if I had just read the other comments first, since they say all that a few inches above.) Anyway, I wasn't trying to discredit you in the first place, I was just mentioning that they were re-activated briefly. I'm no expert, I just remembered that fact from somewhere.
justforever96 1 year ago
@justforever96
a couple of them were reactivated in 1995, I think, and lasted a couple of years...there were two airshows in California in the fall of 1997, one at Beale and one at Edwards...one of the AF's SRs flew in the Beale airshow, and was supposed to fly again at the Edwards show a month later, but earlier the SAME WEEK they cut the funding so it sat like a sad lump in a static display...but at least one of NASA Dryden's SRs took up the slack and flew both days....it was great to see...
leisulin 1 year ago
@justforever
The NASA Dryden SR that flew in the Edwards airshow, one of two they had for high altitude research, was the SR-71B model, the trainer, and I found out from a website years later that the flight it made on each of the two days of the airshow were the last time it ever flew, which is very sad, but at least I was there to see it fly the last two times it ever did...apparently they flew their remaining SR for a couple more years, but it made its last flight in an airshow in 1999...
leisulin 1 year ago
*past
there are NO, publicly known, aircraft that can reach Mach 8. they have a million different ideas...but none that have been built. we don't have the propulsion system for that yet. CVC engines combined with a turbine engine is the next idea to get us that capability.
onelovesoccer7 2 years ago
but there are unmanned aircrafts that reach mach8 using scramjet
vagos290189 2 years ago
no, joseph, the x-43 did not ever fly. there are tons of ideas for planes faster than the SR-71, but none were built and tested like the SR-71. DARPA is currently working on the "SR-72" which will be Mach 4+, at least, but hope to get it to Mach 6+. They are passed the R&D phase and are now entering Phase 1 of a 4 phase project. Google "Vulcan Engine" for a ton of info.
onelovesoccer7 2 years ago
I hope everyone is aware that there are aircraft that go 3x faster than this plane. I mean, this plane was extremely great for it's time and set the bar for future planes. But alot of people still mistake this for the fastest plane ever.
josephgrovers 2 years ago
really sorry but what planes r they
juiced2death 2 years ago
look up x-43, it was i think an experimental plane that went to hypersonic speeds(hypersonic is mach 5, [supersonic is mach1]). It actually is said to go to mach 7 but im sure i read somewhere it went to mach 9.
josephgrovers 2 years ago
Also, look up "Getting ready for mach 10" on youtube. It shows a news video about the plane.
josephgrovers 2 years ago
So you're trying to tell us that there are aircraft there that reach over 10 mach??
AdamAlim95 2 years ago
Lol, i just said so didn't I? But yeah, just think.
josephgrovers 2 years ago
so ur saying that there are planes out there that can go mach 6? ur dumb
TheRothko 2 years ago
EXPERIMENTAL PLANES. God, there are tons of planes made with scram jets and rocket powered that go mach 8. You're dumb for being extremely uneducated about planes. So ironic, because you're calling me dumb when you are truly the dumb one. You can't even put a sentence together with correct grammar/spelling. Idiot....
josephgrovers 2 years ago
I think the idea was that the SR-71 is the fastest PRODUCTION plane. The X-43 never flew, the X-15 went Mach 7-point-something, but was an expirimental rocket plane; the Blackbird has been in series production, is jet-powered, and in military service performing a useful mission. To me, the X-15 was a plane-shaped rocket-ship. I suppose that's just a point of view, but as far as useful Mach 3+ capability, the SR-71 is the one. This is partly because they can't make Mach 3 PRACTICAL yet.
justforever96 2 years ago
@justforever96 the X-43 did fly. The third flight of the X-43A set a new speed record of 12,144 km/h (7,546 mph), or Mach 9.8, on November 16, 2004.
coldfarted 1 year ago
@coldfarted I think I was referring to the full size X-43. The only X-43 that ever flew was a 4-foot long one...I consider that more like a missile. In any case, it's the same case as the X-15; far from production. The SR-71 was and is the fastest production.
justforever96 1 year ago
Anyone who knows anything about planes, and doesnt just watch crap stuff and listen to other idiots would know about what im talking about. Any person that doesnt know much about planes at all(you) would think this is the fastest plane existing.
josephgrovers 2 years ago
I know a guy who flew french luxury jets, and he once had a co-pilot who used to fly an SR-71 during the cold war. He said he would take off around midnight in nebraska, and he would imediately climb to keep from going super-sonic so they didn't alert any spies. He would only be able to level out after thousands of feet, and then it would take 100's of miles to move the nose down a foot because he was going so fast. He would fly to Russia, get missiles shot at him, and be back for lunch
superlou1s 2 years ago
They are amazing planes
miatageekscott 2 years ago
superlou1s Tell your friend that his co-pilot had better get back on his medications.....yours is truely a n off the wall omment from your friends co-pilot..
elkranch 2 years ago
almost my my name but get rid of the "A" in haynes
Shermantankfan 2 years ago
Imagine having this beauty to fly as your job.
sidensvans54 2 years ago
i prefer a b-52 :D.
Mituhori 2 years ago
is it just me or did it look like the nose section sort of bended upward just a little bit on takeoff?,: |
aaoorr12 2 years ago
babysat many at McClellen air force base in sacramento in the mid 70's. quite a bird.Can take a photo of a dime and you can read the date at 90,000 feet.wow!
sparky42 2 years ago
I saw one landing at McClellan AFB back in the late 80s. A rare sight to see in the day I'm guessing.
greghol 2 years ago
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bestamerica 2 years ago
i have the model :D
stewartfarm 2 years ago
thank you :-)
dariogullo89 3 years ago
please song name?
dariogullo89 3 years ago
Song name is Balck is Black from 1969
caesarokan 3 years ago
New version by the original artists... LOS BRAVOS! Very cool. And well suited to the subject matter.
iowa61 2 years ago
the sr-71 black bird lands at aprox 180-200 km/h
Tangleshadow9881 3 years ago
Knots, you mean.
arnaage 2 years ago
The amount of degrees the nose is pitched up on touchdown is AMAZING!
Does anyone know what speed this airplane approaches at??
bronco8585 3 years ago
правда я тоже так говорю, особливо буде круто ,коли з неї будуть сипатись бомби на кацапів))
IvFrUkr 3 years ago
заткнись хохол бля бендеровская рожа вас к стенке и расстрел
pavel280488AA 2 years ago
I find it amusing that on an aircraft so advanced the undercarriage looks like it has been pinched of a shopping cart!
fbgd 3 years ago
крута штука
IvFrUkr 3 years ago
АГА!!
это такая штука это гогого!
дуже крута!
lvFrUkr 3 years ago
did this guy reply to himself?
snickk12 3 years ago
he is a bit autictically-disordered :))
lvFrUkr 3 years ago
it cant fly around the world in 30 minutes trust me, i live right by beale afb the home of these babys for 30 years and i talk to pilots who use to fly them and it can fly around the world in about 3 and a half hours.
LOCKHEED17 3 years ago
The SR-71 will fly aorund the equator 24,951
elkranch 3 years ago
A 'round the world' equatorial flight was actually planned for the US bicentennial celebrations in 76. The plan was scrapped when HQUSAF saw the cost of deploying required assets to FOBs. Almost 100 KC-135 flights were required for a safe operation, only seven of which would refuel the SR-71. The planned run would take 16 hours 20 minutes.
stevel666 3 years ago
u have to figure
the earth is what? 25,000 miles around
the sr-71 goes 2500 miles and hour so it would take roughly....
....10 hours
michael55443332211 3 years ago
thats still fuckin fast!
Vettemania1 3 years ago
he had a nice flare at the end
good vid!
aaxax 3 years ago
Ugh... People pick the lamest musical choices to accompany their fawning homages to the military-industrial complex. Like chickens romanticizing a foxes plush coat while humming a tune from a toilet paper commercial.
NihilistImp 3 years ago
It's not a bad as that terrible metaphor.
TheJihadJoe 3 years ago 6
One of the greatest record runs of the Habu was London to Los Angles in 3HRS,47Min...not bad ....great vid
E8F9G0 3 years ago 3
Can do London to Newyork in 30mins not the world not even a muslim at a DIY bomb sale can do those speeds.
YouFucked2 3 years ago
the blackbird's top speed is over 2000 mph but there is no plane so far that can go around the world in 30 mins. trust me i know because i fly.
karamjitm9090 4 years ago 3
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TrayFree 4 years ago
I know, I remember when I was younger it would blow my mind that the jet could go so fast. I also used to fly, but never got my private rating. :(
Blueoriontiger 3 years ago
too bad they dont use it any more they say that thing can fly around the world in 30mins and that by the time the enemy gets the signal the blackbird is over 200 miles away but take alot of fuel
20056667 4 years ago
the blackbird goes the same speed
dietcoke3396 4 years ago
Excellent vid, song-choice!
kmctransport 4 years ago
what is the name of the song you put?
BranSimpson 4 years ago
black is black
kicuville 4 years ago
ouhaou! impressionnant!
wrigleyx 4 years ago
pricless
LOCKHEED17 4 years ago
i love this....
stormz7675454 4 years ago
that was so cheap it was cool,i have to watch this everyday just to get that song out of my head
LOCKHEED17 4 years ago
anyway, the fastest plane in the world to takeoff under its own power.
principalsuspeito 4 years ago 2
Love it...one of the fastest jets in the world, never shot down only because its too high, with a ceiling of just over 80,000 ft, its motto is: Yay thou I walk through thy valley of death, I fear no evil, For I am 70,000 feet And climbing. anyways, they put it out of service a while back, because there was flaws in the matterials. it would expand at higher altitudes, putting the SR-71 in desperate need of a refuel. It was just too frustrating for the USAF.
censoredmunky 4 years ago
Blackbird! still my favorite! after more than 40 years and retired, great airplane great people from that time.
patrioticshooter 4 years ago
Lovin' blackbird!
superkarro2001 4 years ago
whats up with the porn music
stymye 4 years ago 3
rofl. i love you
cmz23 4 years ago
fastest nice....
coldstone1712 4 years ago
thats music is the gayest piece of crap ive ever heard.
halusn8 4 years ago
FAKE!!!
harrisclifffuk 4 years ago
wtf he don't crash
PierreMarcPelletier 4 years ago
i love this america plane SR71 / YF12 blackbirds are the best in the world than ussr russia plane..i am