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The CIA A12 (SR71 Blackbird eats its dust)
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:40 am
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:40 am
or thrust, or whatever.
Anyway.
I give you the A12 aka- Cygnus
They could outperform an SR-71
Their "nest" was Groom Lake (and anything from Groom is cool!)
They were owned and operated by Spook Central, the CIA
They were a secret until 1981
Their design and fabrication was nothing short of genius (They came before the SR-71s)
The only people who've flown in A-12s are CIA pilots. Congressmen (yuk!) have been given rides in SR-71s
The two A-12 crash sites on public landhave been found by the public, but remain shrouded in secrecy
LINK
Anyway.
I give you the A12 aka- Cygnus
They could outperform an SR-71
Their "nest" was Groom Lake (and anything from Groom is cool!)
They were owned and operated by Spook Central, the CIA
They were a secret until 1981
Their design and fabrication was nothing short of genius (They came before the SR-71s)
The only people who've flown in A-12s are CIA pilots. Congressmen (yuk!) have been given rides in SR-71s
The two A-12 crash sites on public landhave been found by the public, but remain shrouded in secrecy
LINK
This post was edited on 6/14/16 at 10:41 am
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Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:49 am to meauxjeaux2
Lol. 15 mph faster. Eats it's dust?
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:51 am to Jackie Chan
Bout to post the exact same.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:51 am to Jackie Chan
If these are the specs of a 30 year old airframe just think about what is up there flying today for CIA/AF
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:55 am to meauxjeaux2
Same basic plane
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:55 am to Jackie Chan
115 mph faster in the link, although that's still a tiny difference at Mach 3.
Either way, I bet the fuel economy at those speeds is phenomenal.
Either way, I bet the fuel economy at those speeds is phenomenal.
This post was edited on 6/14/16 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:56 am to CaptainsWafer
quote:
115 mph faster
Science bitches
This post was edited on 6/14/16 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:57 am to meauxjeaux2
Could have picked a cooler name than Oxcart.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 10:58 am to TheBoo
quote:they did and it's in the OP
Could have picked a cooler name than Oxcart.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:02 am to meauxjeaux2
The true top speed of the SR-71 is unknown. Pilots have stated it was always holding more power in reserve. But the plane was already so fast there was never any need.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:03 am to VaBamaMan
Reminds me of the air speed check story from one of the blackbird pilots. Fun read.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:06 am to CaptainsWafer
LINK POR FAVOR
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:12 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:13 am to Fusaichi Pegasus
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:19 am to meauxjeaux2
Yet another version of the AR-15 
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:20 am to CaptainsWafer
Believe it or not, most economical speed for these things was wide open because the engine acted as a ram jet, lots of air and not much fuel going through the engine at Mach 3. Now tying up to speed to get the engine to act like a ram jet was the fuel guzzler.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:27 am to CaptainsWafer
that was a great article
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:30 am to Boston911
Convergent-Divergent air inlet.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:33 am to CaptainsWafer
Posted on 6/14/16 at 11:49 am to dyslexic
That was a cool video.
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