Breathtaking spy plane footage.

wimp.com ^ | 11/27/09 | wimp.com

[Doogle]

..pretty cool clip

[raybbr]

The narrator is a little obsessed with boiling body fluids but the whole thing was amazing indeed. Piloting the plane in very thin air must be a real challenge.

[Doogle]

Piloting the plane in very thin air must be a real challenge.

eyep, special breed

[alfa6]

Dragonlady Video Ping

And a few pics for the bandwith challenged

Aw heck one more pic won't hurt:-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[raybbr]

I used to regularly go up in a cherry picker that reached 35’. You get used to it but at first it’s pretty hairy.

[Doogle]

yeah Ken Block, one of those ober-rich that likes toys..*grins*. If I had his money,I’d have two...

[Daffynition]

Thanks Doogle! Breathtaking doesn't even cover it! Just WOW!

SR-71 Blackbird

[chuckles]

I was a telephone man for 30 years. Hooked a 60 ft pole once. Pole was so big around the butt I let my belt out to the last notch and had to have help getting the thing around it to belt off. I climbed that one with my belt instead of belting off at the top. Had to readjust my belt at the top.

I didn't like it. Funny what you'll do for money. I had to put up with cat calls from the 90 ft climbers. I was too slow and cautious for them. Actually, I had to stop and rest a couple of times before the top. I was having trouble breathing through my ass as my pucker string was too tight.

[Daffynition]

Sorry, C&P wrong URL ...but you have excellent pix of the plane above.

[Doogle]

AH YES, the old blackbird,thing leaked like an old harley when sitting on the ground (built too)

[raybbr]

Did you see this reconstruction of the flight landing in the Hudson? It's unbelievable.

[Tallguy]

Get a load of the fuel leaking from the top surface of the SR-71’s wing. If I’m not mistaken that’s the 2-seat pilot trainer version. She’s limited to approx. 1/2 the top speed of the operational models without the ‘hump’.

[Daffynition]

Here is a link to the whole video:

Lockheed U-2 Flight - The Training + Extra Flight Scenes

Featuring some of the unique training required for high altitude flight. From how to eject to the effects of the low air pressure at 70,000ft on a bottle of water and a rubber glove.

Also features some extra scenes and alternative commentary from the flight itself as well as a special gift for Captain Slow to treasure forever.

[skeptoid]

Very distinctive landing; here it 'quits flying' at the proper moment, but the Dragon Lady doesn't always cooperate.

[skeptoid]

Very distinctive landing; here it 'quits flying' at the proper moment, but the Dragon Lady doesn't always cooperate.

[raybbr]

I used to know a guy that designed tall antennas. Real tall - like in the 1500' foot range. He told me he had to climb them once in a while.

His brother died on one. They rigged a bucket to go to the top. The anchor in the ground came out and his brother fell about 1000' feet.

I used to know the Rukavina brothers. They put the antennas on top of buildings. One they did was the Sears Tower. NO WAY on earth am I going up there.

[Doogle]

...when I worked (semi-retired)I must have spent 100 lunch hours sitting at Teterboro airport watching activities, you could sit right (30 yds) end of runway....*smiles*...(he never would have made it)

[mylife]

Gobsmacked!

RIP Major Duane Dively

[stefanbatory]

the ride is Mission Space...and it is the greatest ride at Disney IMHO...way better than GM’s test track...

[Doogle]

takeoffs optional,landings mandatory.

[NELSON111]

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