08-18-2010, 05:12 PM | #8536 |
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08-18-2010, 05:15 PM | #8537 |
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Not so much WTF as just a cool pic that I couldn't find a more proper thread for...SR-71 'Blackbirds' on the assembly line.
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08-18-2010, 05:40 PM | #8538 |
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freaking awesome pic!! that's got to be like... 29% of the world's know reserves of titanium, right there. wow!!
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08-19-2010, 03:05 AM | #8539 |
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I got it from Bendbox.com.
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08-19-2010, 07:47 AM | #8540 |
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Very cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird I didn't realize they built 32 of them. I figured it was even fewer. Want.
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08-19-2010, 10:26 AM | #8541 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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I went to a museum in Kansas that was built around one. They can't be privately owned, but the museum has an agreement with the Air Force where if the plane ever has to be returned, the Air Force pays for the reconstruction.
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08-19-2010, 11:16 AM | #8542 |
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That is an awesome collection! It seems a little sciencie for Kansas though... I kid, I kid!
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08-19-2010, 12:19 PM | #8544 |
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You're gonna burn for that.
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08-19-2010, 01:12 PM | #8545 |
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Some will hope.
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08-19-2010, 02:28 PM | #8546 | |
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My favorite nugget about the Blackbird is the fact that when someone somewhere breaks a Blackbird speed record, we break one out of mothballs, and go just fast enough to get the record back. Kinda like Milton Berle and his giant schlong. Someone once asked him just how big it was, and Berle said "I don't know kid, I just pull out enough to win."
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08-19-2010, 02:48 PM | #8547 |
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We are not allowed to misuse alien technology.
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08-19-2010, 02:57 PM | #8548 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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They also have a lunar lander and rover which are not in the top ten list.
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08-19-2010, 05:58 PM | #8549 |
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I want an SR71!
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08-19-2010, 09:19 PM | #8550 |
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I almost touched a Blackbird, here. Famously, the plane the X-Men flew.
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