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July 2, 2011
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To the paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers:
if you find one...what's your plan?
February 21, 2011
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"Booming" heads of state, how very Airforce!
. Sadly we led the world back in the days of the "sled"
Matthew Quigley on handguns:
“I said I never had much use for one. Never said
I didn't know how to use it.”
August 15, 2014
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Quite the aircraft and as Mr C said representative of the times. Never saw one of these but did see it's predecessor the U-2. It was coming off the runway at Ben Hoa …….funny looking thing with wings so long they flexed while the plane was rolling.
February 21, 2011
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We saw lots of 71's I was stationed next to Lakenheath, at Mildenhall.
Matthew Quigley on handguns:
“I said I never had much use for one. Never said
I didn't know how to use it.”
May 16, 2012
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One of the greatest marvels of engineering! Although these days are far behind, the 60's and 70's saw the most outrageous airplanes ever built. Which company will try today to create another SR-71/A12, a Concorde or even a Tomcat! Everything is slowed down and built around extremely advanced avionics, wheres the fun in that! Its no surprise that the U-2 is still operational and its successor, the Blackbird, was retired effectively 25 years ago (a few airframes were re-activated for a brief period from early to late 90's).
February 20, 2008
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I met a retired Air Force pilots Fritz Fulton, who flew them. At the time I met him, he was a test pilot for Bert Raton in Mojave. I asked him of the altitudes it could fly, and he stated chapter and verse 85K...I had heard of up to 125K.
What a cool guy he was and so was Bert. I spent two weeks with them working on a story .
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If you're going to drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
April 25, 2008
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I got to refuel many of them while I was stationed in Turkey. Great airplane, leaks like a sieve.
The Savantist
February 21, 2011
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Yeah, but only when its cold.
Matthew Quigley on handguns:
“I said I never had much use for one. Never said
I didn't know how to use it.”
April 25, 2008
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And that is when you're standing under it, trying to take fuel samples.
The Savantist
February 20, 2008
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IHMSA80x80 said
I got to refuel many of them while I was stationed in Turkey. Great airplane, leaks like a sieve.
I heard this also after they land they leak like crazy.
You in a KC-135 or a KC-10? Were you a Boomer?
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April 25, 2008
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photohause said
I heard this also after they land they leak like crazy.
You in a KC-135 or a KC-10? Were you a Boomer
Nope, I was in the Aviation Fuels Lab. Every time an SR-71 was refueled, we had to go out, take fuel samples off the truck/hydrant and airplane and run test on them. Results were good for a 4-hour window. If the plane didn't take off by then, we had to repeat the testing.
The Savantist
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