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Title: Losing Control........At Mach Three
Post by: sparks on April 24, 2009, 07:26:18 PM
A short read......hair raising  :o

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/sr-71_break-up.htm (http://www.alexisparkinn.com/sr-71_break-up.htm)

These pilots had some 'big ones'.




sparks
Title: Re: Losing Control........At Mach Three
Post by: Windpower on April 24, 2009, 08:07:14 PM
Amazing engineers those skunkworks guys
Title: Re: Losing Control........At Mach Three
Post by: gandalfthegrey on April 24, 2009, 08:30:05 PM
Link to Albert Mitchell's ranch.

http://www.hardingcounty.org/History/tequesquite_ranch.htm (http://www.hardingcounty.org/History/tequesquite_ranch.htm)

What they were supposed to do.

http://picasaweb.google.com/gandalfthegrey1/MyPhotos#5328434949298288754 (http://picasaweb.google.com/gandalfthegrey1/MyPhotos#5328434949298288754)
Title: Re: Losing Control........At Mach Three
Post by: Windpower on April 25, 2009, 09:27:35 AM
A-12 Oxcart down

http://www.dreamlandresort.com/pete/oxcart_down_3.html
Title: Re: Losing Control........At Mach Three
Post by: gandalfthegrey on April 25, 2009, 10:55:00 AM
Yep!  another one from the old days.

YF-12A Oxcart

http://picasaweb.google.com/gandalfthegrey1/Aircraft?authkey=Gv1sRgCJys5NfYq4WNqgE#5328657308964646738 (http://picasaweb.google.com/gandalfthegrey1/Aircraft?authkey=Gv1sRgCJys5NfYq4WNqgE#5328657308964646738)
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