A cockpit tour of the SR-71

By one of its seasoned pilots Richard Graham

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+11 1. Ivores commented 10 years ago

OK, who remembered 5 things in a row gets a cookie.
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+6 2. Burimi commented 10 years ago

I watched only 1:15 and already i'm lost! To much indicators!
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+5 3. nomoredavid commented 10 years ago

I have always been fascinated by this plane and wish I could be one of the lucky few who flew in it !
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+5 4. stonedecroze commented 10 years ago

The instrument they use most is the Map Projector - conveniently situated behind the joystick.
I'm not convinced the cockpit layout couldn't be just a tad better.
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+2 5. camoga commented 10 years ago

I always hated that cobra had the blackbird, had to pretend they went good.

knowing it half the battle
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-3 6. sx-64 commented 10 years ago

Notice the readout mistake he makes at 2:25 ! :x
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+1 7. KikooStyle commented 10 years ago

10:13 I always knew the "blackbird" had something to do with batman.
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+3 8. ImprsdBySmartVid commented 10 years ago

Very interesting!

Thanks for the post, the SR71 is such a piece excellent engineer work and it's clear that level of precise machinery could only be guided by very talented pilots after a long dedicated training. A simple mistake or distraction (Oops! It seems I've transferred too much fuel, after all...) and that's over, for you and anybody in the path of this titanium monster...

I suppose that with today technology, more people could pilot a plane like this one, if assisted by fast computers with delicate softwares as close to perfection as possible.

Maybe a bigger similar "plane" could launch small satellites into space? But at what astonishing costs for creating a more ambitious and bigger JP7 fed monster, if it's ever possible to scale up the SR71?

Americans and Russians have made so many quasi-alien technological monsters!
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+2 9. r123 commented 10 years ago

Can anyone imagine how futuristic it was when it was first launched over 50 years ago?

Heck, it looks more futuristic than any current military aircraft!
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0 10. Unknown commented 10 years ago

Where is the toilet?