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| The Air Force Might Be Getting a Mach 3 SR-72 Bomber |
| 2020-03-22 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Still remember the videos of the fuel leaking at the joints when the plane is on the ground |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-03-22 10:57 |
| #1 Like a bolt out of the blue, Lockheed Martin’s renown Skunk Works publicly teased one of aviation’s great snark hunts—revealing plans for a successor to the SR-71, the Mach-3 reconnaissance plane designed with slide rules and retired when the millennials were born. That 59- year old aircraft, originally developed as an uber- interceptor, still holds the record for fastest sustained supersonic flight at 2,100 miles per hour—much faster than a .50-caliber bullet. |
| Posted by: b 2020-03-22 10:27 |