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I fulfilled a childhood dream this past weekend. I stood next to the baddest looking plane ever made. The SR71 Blackbird!
Sep 12, 2016 4:36 PM
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GentleBen25
I literally just finished watching the entire xmen series on Hulu tonight
soonami3
Damn. I only posted this on here to get it to Reddit. It got way more love here...
CyrosReaver
Built a model of one as a kid and been in love with them ever since. I always up vote blackbirds.
jediengineer
My personal favorite...
BoredoBandito
DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST?!
humdiddlydoo
Blaaackbiiiird flyyyyyy
wheregoodideasgotodie
I took almost the exact same picture a couple months ago
forallthewins
All your life, you've been only waiting for this moment to be free
AnOldJudge
Bird of Color.
Terebravisse
Anyone else associate this plane with German opera music?
brainstream
All hail the King of Speed.
Brizzly1146
U2 Spy plane is really cool plane as well and very unique.
dfsmitty0711
Air & Space Annex in Virginia, I actually prefer it to the Air & Space Museum in D.C.
OfficialCommentFromCorporate
They both have their draws.
SlickLily
Me too. So much more to see
popejubal
They put all the lights on the ground around the jet so that people don't accidentally bump into it because of stealth.
aurumarcana
If Imgur calls the A10 "brrrrrt" can we call the SR-71 the "nyoom"?
YourAdultImaginaryFriend
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
NirvanaNik
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
donpdonp
Take these Pratt & Whitney J58's and learn to fly at mach 3.2.
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
I was just there a few weeks ago. I have basically this exact picture :)
HerrBisch
What's that book that's basically work stories from a pilot of one of these things?
meeeeeekachu
Sled driver
BuckeyeBTH
"Sled Driver" by Brian Shul PM @Benbo231 they dropped a comment on this photo that they have the book or a pdf of it.
ToHuskyToOwnAHuskie
Idk about you guys but I prefer that little P-26 in the top left
KaJuN
Such a pretty little plane!
fuzzball24
thanks for not posting that damn ground speed check story along with it
gummyyummybear
I'm more interested in the legit fucking shuttle in the background!
DickwaffleTheGreat
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Alucard+flying+and+sr+71+blackbird+i+think+it+speaks+for_30bd05_3151147.jpg
wetfeet
Just think, the people that made this didn't even have calculators. They used slide rules.
dude1990
We should buy them calculators. Damn budget cuts.
Hetzer
Mechanical calculators were a thing, look up the Curta Calculator,
valen00
bet you a coke they didn't use them much making this
DavidBrooker
For the most part. Lockheed had a burgeoning computing department from the 1950s onwards, but the legions were mostly slapsticks, yeah.
bamcockseverywhere
As the grandson of a McDonnell engineer, don't forget the chalkboards and grease pencil on glass.
DavidBrooker
The Shuttle approaches from the rear to mate.
JeremyDunn
Other jets had counter measures for missle defense. The SR71 just outran anything shot at it.
jfatwork2
I believe thats "Jetfire" an old cranky Decpticon masquerading as a Blackbird.
overdrive148
Did anyone else notice how they were in the museum in DC and then suddenly left the back door of the place and were in the desert of the SW?
BurtMaklinFBI
Who, inexplicably for a robot, walks with a cane and has a cough...
Therearetoomanyusernames
My first thought!
UncivilCivilEngineer
Autobot... he switched sides
jfatwork2
Or did he?
raptorheyzues
Just never got around to changing his symbol.
LikeABonerInSweatpants
LaBeouf got kicked out during filming for smoking in a bathroom...so I hear
Brizzly1146
All the awesome facts about this plane and you just comment " The Blackbird" ! Cmon @OP!
DaltonReep
Fun fact Blackbirds leaked fuel on the runway and the procedure to counteract this was to just keep pumping fuel into the jet.
Paddys4life
And they had shell develope a special fuel that was incredibly hard to ignite so the leaky fuel wasn't a huge fire hazard
GOTTHEFUZZ
Another fun fact, right after taking off they would head off to be air refueled.
birchi
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly Virginia.
HeroesandCons
I went there last Christmas! It's now my favorite museum.
insertacleverusername
I live close by. It's a great place to run the kids ragged when the weather is crap.
KillEmRightBack
Love this museum. Enola Gay, 1st 707, a flying wing.....
FrecklesIRL
Don't forget the Concord! One of my favorite places :)
themercwithamouthdeadpool
Fuck the concord all hail the F-14 tomcat and the SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
bamcockseverywhere
more like space glider discovery am i right
Hashtaglibertarian
My favorite part was the space section. We have like 300 pictures from that trip last year. Great visit!
PatsyCline
Fantastic museum! The space shuttle... Wow!
TheRealStalinWhoIsStandingUp
its not canadarm its "shuttle manipulator arm"
chieftyrol
Was there just the other week! The blackbird was astounding, and the museum overall was well worth the time
Suzuran42
I've actually flown one of the aircraft types stored there.
Mgiggity
I see you space shuttle Discovery.
arnjolt
They prefer to be called "African American Bird"
INYOFACETH
http://imgur.com/5B8tb
Kennytarmac
ryanschultz
/a/n0Jq6
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
Or the SR-71
morithum
Ha! Beat me to t.
The2020ElectionWasStolen
sub Sahara African American bird
soggyscone
Black jets matter
AtsaMattaForYou
All jets matter
The2020ElectionWasStolen
but Black jets matter more
djklhc
f*ck you
lenomdeplume
"Chill nigga! ". Said 50 Cent.
SpecimenSpiff
Fuuuuck fuckfuckfuck fuuuuuuck fuckfuckfuck.
Jollytothegreen
You can swear here. I fucking promise.
Whospenisisinmycoffee
Reported
IngrahamLincoln
Tyler Durden's?