A cockpit tour of the SR-71
By one of its seasoned pilots Richard Graham
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3. nomoredavid commented 11 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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4. stonedecroze commented 11 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.
I'm not convinced the cockpit layout couldn't be just a tad better.
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7. KikooStyle commented 11 years ago
10:13 I always knew the "blackbird" had something to do with batman.
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8. ImprsdBySmartVid commented 11 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!
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!
+11 1. Ivores commented 11 years ago