A12 Blackbird
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A12 Blackbird
Visited Battleship park in Mobile today. They have a few airplanes there too. Here is one that is faster than a speeding bullet.
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Niner Delta
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Yes, it took over many, but not all of the U-2 duties. There was also talk of using it in the role of a fighter, but that never came about. The most famous version of this is the SR-71 Blackbird, probably the most incredible plane ever built.
I saw one at an air show in California in the late '80s, he never landed, did a low pass and then poured on the power and went almost vertical and was out of sight in an instant. Yes, I was impressed.
On 3-6-1990, one flew from Los Angeles to Wash. DC in one hour and 4 minutes, average speed of 2,124 mph (3,418 kph).
How far can you go in 64 minutes?
Vern.
I saw one at an air show in California in the late '80s, he never landed, did a low pass and then poured on the power and went almost vertical and was out of sight in an instant. Yes, I was impressed.
On 3-6-1990, one flew from Los Angeles to Wash. DC in one hour and 4 minutes, average speed of 2,124 mph (3,418 kph).
How far can you go in 64 minutes?
Vern.
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THE REASON WHY!!
It is not used as a fighter is that if it travels faster than a bullet it would -inevitably - shoot itself down 
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Dead on Niner, it is as the SR-71 I remember it. Read an article on it years ago.
As to your question I don't think I could last 64 minutes at any one activity these days, let alone accomplish anything.
Now Duncan you're confusing your physics with your your logic again. It couldn't shoot itself down because by the time it caught up with the bullet (which was initially doing plane speed + lauch speed = bloody fast) gravity has kicked in and the bullet has very kindly dropped out of the flight path of the plane (bloody fast X wind resistance divided by the force of gravity = 27 feet per millisecond altitude loss = plane still flying).
The reason it wasn't used as a fighter was simply that at full throttle the window of opportunity for a shot was about equal to the attention span of a Californian.
As to your question I don't think I could last 64 minutes at any one activity these days, let alone accomplish anything.
Now Duncan you're confusing your physics with your your logic again. It couldn't shoot itself down because by the time it caught up with the bullet (which was initially doing plane speed + lauch speed = bloody fast) gravity has kicked in and the bullet has very kindly dropped out of the flight path of the plane (bloody fast X wind resistance divided by the force of gravity = 27 feet per millisecond altitude loss = plane still flying).
The reason it wasn't used as a fighter was simply that at full throttle the window of opportunity for a shot was about equal to the attention span of a Californian.
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Duxfords SR 71 Blackbird...
Impressive machines!
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Impressive machines!