View Full Version : Happy Birthday SR-71
Willard Whyte
22nd Dec 2014, 14:30
50th anniversary of its first flight.
50!
(not to mention its predecessor the A-12 that flew a couple of years earlier.)
Lowe Flieger
22nd Dec 2014, 14:56
Yes, tempus seems to fugit ever more rapidly the more of it that passes.
A brilliant aircraft that might just spawn a successor, you never know:
NASA launches study for Skunk Works SR-72 concept - 12/17/2014 - Flight Global (http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/nasa-launches-study-for-skunk-works-sr-72-concept-407222/)
LF
AreOut
23rd Dec 2014, 10:33
retired 15 years ago and still plane of the future (just like Concorde) :)
ImageGear
23rd Dec 2014, 11:32
Long distance cruise, M5.0, UK design and technology at the forefront at the forefront of US capability? Reaction Engines Ltd - LAPCAT A2 (http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/lapcat.html)
In your dreams did you say???