Flying Heritage Collection

[Basketcase]

[quote="Jim S.":2tst7rh4]Thanks for the pics, very nice. We used to have SR-71s

Lastly...you guys do know that the precursor to the SR-71 was the...A-12...

:jester:
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IIRC...that's the fighter version of the Blackbird. They have one at the Air Force Museum. Awsome

 

[Roadcuda]

I found this on the 'parts of all places! Once airborne, you'ld never know the difference.

http://www.wimp.com/rcjet

 

[Jim S.]

BACK IN 1971-72 in thailand WE HAD A SR-71 TOUCH DOWN AND TAKE OFF AND WERE TOLD NO PICTURES.....what a bad looking plane ...this one had a playboy bunny painted on back by the rudder....i was told when they first tested the plane the pilot took off ...then gave it full throttle ...it went straight up and ripped off the landing gear....talk about balls
you guys were talking about the b-52s....at our base which was the largest b-52 base in southeast asia....this was when the war was hot and heavy....there was so many b-52s they were parking them on the taxi-ways...after work we used to hang out at the drive -in which was at the end of the runway....bleachers-beach-water....they would have a ball game on take off....3 b-52s would take off....one after the other,,,,as soon as it lifted off the next would go......you could here the water injection for more thrust...when this thing got off the ground you could see the wings slop down with all those engines and loaded with 750lb and 550lb bombs in there bomb-bay ....the black smoke bellowing in the air from those 8 engines....the ground would shake when they passed over our heads....something i will never forget
i was trained to work on them but got stuck working on the kc-135s....we used to do 1 plane per day...but when this went nuts we did 2-3 planes a day....only repair red x items....to keep them in the air

It is kinda a small world. I was TDY at Korat Thailand in 75. By then it was mostly A-7s and F-111s. I worked on F-15 stuff. Volunteered to go for the extra money. Can't believe they actually sent me seeing I knew nothing about the A-7 or F-111. So it was a party for 90 days the back to Phoenix. Can't believe I was actually glad to get back to Phoenix. (sorry Bob).

 

[george68hemirr]

Korat wasnt too bad....at least you could have a car or bike....u-tapo we couldnt drive anything....we used to go to padiea beach and illegally rent motorcycles and run the balls off them thru the jungles....when i was there is was a real shit hole and couldnt wait to get out of there...1 year....but when i look back we had a great time

 

[ACME A12]

It is kinda a small world. I was TDY at Korat Thailand in 75. By then it was mostly A-7s and F-111s. I worked on F-15 stuff. Volunteered to go for the extra money. Can't believe they actually sent me seeing I knew nothing about the A-7 or F-111. So it was a party for 90 days the back to Phoenix. Can't believe I was actually glad to get back to Phoenix. (sorry Bob).

...my Dad was at Korat in '75-'76...he was there when they closed the base...which is how we ended up at Clark in the P.I. He was 18 days short (IIRC) of getting credit for a short unaccompanied tour and rather than take another he opted for a long accompanied and we were soon on a plane...

:jester:

 

[glhcarl]

Basketcase,

The A-12 and the SR-71 were reconnaissance aircraft, the YF-12b was the fighter. They all looked somewhat alike. The A-12 had one pilot and was flown by the CIA the SR-71 had two man crew and was flown by the USAF. They only built 3 YF-12's and two of them crashed.

This is a SR-71 that is in the Blackbird Park in Palmdale, California, its parked next to an A-12 but I can't seem to find a picture of it.

 

[69hemibeep]

Basketcase,

This is a SR-71 that is in the Blackbird Park in Palmdale, California, its parked next to an A-12 but I can't seem to find a picture of it.

That's cause they are a secret

 

[ACME A12]

They only built 3 YF-12's and two of them crashed.

I read somewhere that they also ran into their own bullets when they fired the guns...that would kinda suck... :basketcase:

 

[Roadcuda]

They only built 3 YF-12's and two of them crashed.

I read somewhere that they also ran into their own bullets when they fired the guns...that would kinda suck... :basketcase:

Faster then a speeding bullet? Seems like I've heard that somewhere before!

 

[ACME A12]

Faster then a speeding bullet? Seems like I've heard that somewhere before!

"Faster than a speeding bullet; able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This looks like a job for Hydraulic Man...!"

Time for Gary to bust out his costume again...

:jester:

 

[Roadcuda]

Faster then a speeding bullet? Seems like I've heard that somewhere before!

"Faster than a speeding bullet; able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This looks like a job for Hydraulic Man...!"

Time for Gary to bust out his costume again...

:jester:

I like that twist Ray!!!

 

[Basketcase]

Basketcase,

The A-12 and the SR-71 were reconnaissance aircraft, the YF-12b was the fighter. They all looked somewhat alike. The A-12 had one pilot and was flown by the CIA the SR-71 had two man crew and was flown by the USAF. They only built 3 YF-12's and two of them crashed.

This is a SR-71 that is in the Blackbird Park in Palmdale, California, its parked next to an A-12 but I can't seem to find a picture of it.

thanks Carl. I'm not up on the new fangled propellerless thingys......