it's easy to tell the difference from the chines on the front of the SR-71 that the A-12 doesn't have
Posted on 05/04/2013 12:11:07 PM PDT by Doogle
Interesting story of how they transported the Blackbird of Project OXCART, it was known that the A-12s would be built in the SkunkWorks within the Lockheed Plant complex in Burbank, California and that the A-12s would have to be transported overland to Area 51 for flight testing, development and training of the Project Pilots. Photo's and planning story
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it's easy to tell the difference from the chines on the front of the SR-71 that the A-12 doesn't have
and all designed with a slide rule...
“At one time we could DO things like that”
On a similar note, IIRC the Saturn rockets used for the Apollo missions could not be made today - the plans are lost. OTOH, a local company is working on fusion propulsion.
I recently read an article on what website I can’t recall,but the article said that there is a Company who is going to reverse engineer the engines from the Saturn 5 and manufacture them.
What they dis is they went to a number of museums that had the engines and disassembled them,then scanned the parts into a computer system.
The main engines for the Saturn 5 are supposed to be the most powerful rocket engines ever built.
One thing about the SR-71 it got from here to there quickly and was never damaged in flight during its missions over hostile territory.
You end up supporting homo marriage, Julian Assange and pedophilia.
See post #39. Pretty cool stuff. Those guys on the left look like kids!
Years later my brother told me he saw it fly in and out all the time when he was stationed in England.
BEAT me to it!
By three years...LOL
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