The SR-71 Blackbird.
A spy plane that flew at approximately 70 to 85 thousand (21,000 to 25,000 meters) above Earth's sea level and cruised at speeds of 2,500 miles per hour ( 4,000 km per hour) is one man's most most amazing creation in its class for the purposes of intelligence gathering.
When the enemy fired missiles and other rockets at the Blackbird, the evasive maneuver was simply, acceleration and climbing.
Nothing could reach this machine that practically flew at the edge of Earth's atmosphere and beginning of solar system space.
Enemy aircraft would run out of fuel before they could even attempt to get close to the Blackbird.
Missiles would burn out of rocket fuel. On some instances, the SR-71 outsped missiles and bullets fired at it.
Architecture, engineering and operation of this machine is phenomenal. Even though we outlived its usefulness, it would be awesome to keep this aircraft functional for demonstration purposes.
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A bit late but Happy Pride Everyone! :D
Sonic and Shadow are holding my flags.
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I can't believe there's a canon coffee shop au in Sonic the Comic
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My classmate and I were taking a class at a community college halfway across the US from our school. To get there, we had to ride a supersonic jet (a Concord specifically) to and from the college and be back in time to attend our next classes at our school.
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Neither of them wanting to claim Robbie Williams is sending me
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Reapproaching Supersonic Air Travel
Before the Concorde even began regular flights, protests over its sound levels caused the U.S. and many other countries to ban overland commercial supersonic flight. Those restrictions have stood for fifty years. (Image credit: NASA; via Physics Today)
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Convair XF2Y Sea Dart, 1954
➤➤ AVIATION ODDITIES: https://youtu.be/wjc_kH147u0
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