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The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird
- spsrich2 6y agoAt the time they built this the motor industry could not even build a car with a clutch that lasted! How on earth did they build this out of Titanium? Is feels like progress has stopped or even reversed
- rpiguy 6y agoRead the novel Skunkworks for a fantastic account of what the engineers had to overcome.
- spsrich2 6y agoat the end of that they give Kelly Johnson a flypast and he is too far gone to realize what is going on. Ben Rich says "Kelly, they are saluting you !". That part made me tear up.
- hindsightbias 6y agoIf I were around in 1962 and looking at the first A-12, I’d almost believe the Roswell stories. After 50 years of “progress” not so sure about that.