Before I left my old job, they got an A-12 to put on display. It was still on the semi minus wings and parked in the lot so I parked next to it and was surprised how narrow it is up close.
Yes but also "kind of". Satellites can beat its res and of course give stuff in real time which is also valuable. But they are fundamentally limited in side shots, that's a capability we lost, and angle of approach and arbitrary times. Satellite can only be overhead based on its orbital period and from that one trajectory. Opponents can make use of that.
>show up late to work >tell HR you were stuck behind a SR71 Blackbird on the freeway >lose job because Shaniqua in HR doesn't believe you and doesn't know what a SR71 is anyway
>millionaires
It costs more than that to fly and maintain, plus it requires a refuel sortie right after takeoff, so you have to factor in the fueling plane's costs
>Limit
ngmi
What Jeepsy is that?
Is that Geoff?
geof is that you?
Before I left my old job, they got an A-12 to put on display. It was still on the semi minus wings and parked in the lot so I parked next to it and was surprised how narrow it is up close.
have satellites surpassed the blackbird's image resolution yet?
Yes but also "kind of". Satellites can beat its res and of course give stuff in real time which is also valuable. But they are fundamentally limited in side shots, that's a capability we lost, and angle of approach and arbitrary times. Satellite can only be overhead based on its orbital period and from that one trajectory. Opponents can make use of that.
>Satellites can beat its res and of course give stuff in real time which is also valuable
>and arbitrary times. Satellite can only be overhead based on its orbital period and from that one trajectory.
So which is it?
They can provide information in real time, but only when their orbit brings them near whatever you want to see.
That's contradictory. Clean up your mind and your language you stupid fucking moron.
It's not, and you'd know that if you knew anything about surveillance arcraft/satellites.
moron, shut the fuck up when the white man is speaking. This is your final warning.
not an argument
kwab
I can't think of anything else I'd rather be stuck in traffic behind.
imagine the smell
>SNIFFFFFF
I licked one once
How did she taste?
dusty
it tasted like speed
I'm jealous.
I bet it tasted like the sun and hydrocarbons.
There is one outside the air and space museum near Mercer CA which you can easily touch, perhaps even lick, if you're a maniac.
the one I licked was a museum piece
I don't wanna know what ingesting JP7 residue would do to my nervous system
>show up late to work
>but get a promotion for sharing pictures of the cool plane with boss
>show up late to work
>tell HR you were stuck behind a SR71 Blackbird on the freeway
>lose job because Shaniqua in HR doesn't believe you and doesn't know what a SR71 is anyway
>lose job because Shaniqua in HR doesn't believe you and doesn't know what a SR71 is anyway
TND when
For me, its the space shuttle Enterprise
Swedes had to save this plane's ass once.
Can you believe it?
The Swedes??
Lol! XD
They should sell flight tours for millionaires on that plane
>millionaires
It costs more than that to fly and maintain, plus it requires a refuel sortie right after takeoff, so you have to factor in the fueling plane's costs
Context?
>fastest plane in the world!
>can't even go the speed limit
Brb. Writing a draft script for Pentagon Wars 2.
Summary the plane was a failure. Very expensive error. It was unsuccessful and has therefore been phased out.