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"How The SR-71 Blackbird Works," by Animagraffs
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<blockquote data-quote="Detroit Iron" data-source="post: 17018719" data-attributes="member: 137666"><p>Here is my little story regarding the SR-71. My dad served 30 years in the Air Force, he got stationed at Beale AFB in northern CA in the mid 80s. Being a 12 year old kid and really into airplanes made this super cool. At the time, Beale had the SR-71, U2/TR-1, T38 and KC-135Q models (specifically for refueling SR-71s since they don't take regular jet fuel). It was great seeing all these planes flying around on a regular basis. I went to school with a bunch of guys whose dads flew the SRs and U2s. Being a kid on Beale was awesome. The base is located about an hour north of Sacramento, but very isolated and near the foothills of the Sierras. There was lots of hiking, fishing, exploring, riding our BMX bikes for days.</p><p></p><p>One of my most memorable experiences was seeing a SR-71 J58 put through its paces on an engine stand after being overhauled. They actually let service members bring their families to watch, I highly doubt they would ever do this today. We went one night and there were probably 100 people there, you are given industrial strength ear protection and stand behind a chain link fence with the engine about 100 feet in front of you. The ground shakes, flames shoot about 50 feet out of the engine and you can feel the intense heat. This is something I will never forget and feel very privileged to have witnessed. Here is a youtube video of a test at Beale, circa 1986...maybe this is the one I saw.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]z-PVmtJ0HpU[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Detroit Iron, post: 17018719, member: 137666"] Here is my little story regarding the SR-71. My dad served 30 years in the Air Force, he got stationed at Beale AFB in northern CA in the mid 80s. Being a 12 year old kid and really into airplanes made this super cool. At the time, Beale had the SR-71, U2/TR-1, T38 and KC-135Q models (specifically for refueling SR-71s since they don't take regular jet fuel). It was great seeing all these planes flying around on a regular basis. I went to school with a bunch of guys whose dads flew the SRs and U2s. Being a kid on Beale was awesome. The base is located about an hour north of Sacramento, but very isolated and near the foothills of the Sierras. There was lots of hiking, fishing, exploring, riding our BMX bikes for days. One of my most memorable experiences was seeing a SR-71 J58 put through its paces on an engine stand after being overhauled. They actually let service members bring their families to watch, I highly doubt they would ever do this today. We went one night and there were probably 100 people there, you are given industrial strength ear protection and stand behind a chain link fence with the engine about 100 feet in front of you. The ground shakes, flames shoot about 50 feet out of the engine and you can feel the intense heat. This is something I will never forget and feel very privileged to have witnessed. Here is a youtube video of a test at Beale, circa 1986...maybe this is the one I saw. [MEDIA=youtube]z-PVmtJ0HpU[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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