Posted on 04/11/2005 11:51:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It was the frictional heat that caused the parts of the fuselage to expand and STOP it from leaking. To do otherwise would have caused the bird to crumple like an empty beer can when it reached operating speed at nominal operating altitude.
So technically, 'benjaminjjones' is correct for it would be impossible for the SR-71 to reach the appropriate speed at sea level.
Yes I know. Which is why I said lack thereof.
;-)
Most places require on-site archaeologists, not paleontologists, but some do.
As I understand it, yes.
I could have said "sitting on a runway and leaking because it hadn't heated up due to the air friction at Mach 3.2, which sealed it's purposely built loose components", but for sake of brevity, I settled for "sea level", knowing that it was a 85,000+ ceiling aircraft.
To Monday morning quarterback myself, I should have said "tarmac" but the word escaped me when I was posting at 4:30am.
I stand corrected however.
haha and the evolution elephants are claiming it is a distant cousin!!
The article says 1/2 mya.
Not sure I understand your stratigraphy comment. Bottom line is that the time is fine.
MUTTLY...Muttly, what do you know about these bones in the yard?
..bu...but...they were like that when I got there !
Me find lots and lots of these dinosaur and mammoth and flying saucer thingies during my excavations. They are too crunchy to easily eat (unlike Orcs, which taste yummy), so Muttly leaves them for later.
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