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SR 71 pilots cockpit. The pilot was so busy during the flight then he really didn’t have time for any sightseeing. I have been told by SR 71 pilots that as soon as you look out the window, the aircraft can sense it and start acting up. Our enemies would’ve loved to of seen these pictures before they were declassified.
~ Linda Sheffield Miller
Above pictures from:
https://www.facebook.com/LindaSheffieldMiller

Additional info: A must see video here.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...the-most-fascinating-thing-youll-see-all-week

 

[fingers284]

Ohh man and I thought the wiring on my Quad was a mess when a mouse got into it and started chewing things up...can you imagine a power surge thru this outfit if a tech ever touched a red lead to a black post....I spent 2 weeks with a multi tester, this thing would take years.

 

[diopter]

This is the must see video.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

One needs talent and training to fly such a thing. Fixing it probably requires more.

In the desert mit Erwin:

Just the thing for hunting season. Horch built them in three "weights" - light, medium, und heavy - and they were very popular indeed. Here's another "heavy" in Russia:

Und Erwin Himself in a "Medium":

And some lads beating along in a "light":

When not churning out square nosed military beasts, Horch could make things of sublime beauty:

 

[DangerussTimes]

Nice SR71 pics, looks like the US Air Force Museum, great place to visit. The Ordinance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds is good too if you happen to be in the Baltimore area.

 

[Overlander2018]

Und Erwin Himself in a "Medium":

My Grandfather was a 13 year old local Jewish boy at the time of the Tunisian campaign. I used to love his wartime stories, and remember him telling me he had seen Rommel parade through the streets of Tunis, standing up in his car.

Thinking back at his recounting of the war, it's amazing how different it is through the eyes of a 13 year old who sees everything as exciting in contrast to how terrified his parents must have been during those 6 months.

 

[bearhunter]

DAD Quote "One needs talent and training to fly such a thing. Fixing it probably requires more."

I wonder how many hours of maintenance is required for each hour of flying time????

The upkeep on such high profile and extreme performance machines would be horrendously expensive a best.

 

[XRCD011]

One needs talent and training to fly such a thing. Fixing it probably requires more.

In the desert mit Erwin:

Just the thing for hunting season. Horch built them in three "weights" - light, medium, und heavy - and they were very popular indeed. Here's another "heavy" in Russia:

Und Erwin Himself in a "Medium":

And some lads beating along in a "light":

When not churning out square nosed military beasts, Horch could make things of sublime beauty:

And if one has a "thing" for old wartime German vehicles.


http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Originale.html

 

[Grizzly Adams]

When not churning out square nosed military beasts, Horch could make things of sublime beauty:

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Just a little aside here, I just happened to stumble on. Horch was originally involved with the company bearing his name, but was forced out by the directors and started another automotive company. Unable to use his own name, which translates to hearing in German, he latinized it to AUDI, which means the same thing. Where have I heard that before ?


Grizz

 

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How do you start a J 58 SR 71 engine? There is no key! You need horse power and TEB.
~Linda Sheffield Miller

John Albritton
This stuff is scary. To start the engines, triethylborane (TEB), which ignites on contact with air, was injected to produce temperatures high enough to ignite the JP-7. The TEB produced a characteristic green flame, which could often be seen during engine ignition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethylborane

 

[uglydukwling]

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Just a little aside here, I just happened to stumble on. Horch was originally involved with the company bearing his name, but was forced out by the directors and started another automotive company. Unable to use his own name, which translates to hearing in German, he latinized it to AUDI, which means the same thing. Where have I heard that before ?


Grizz[/QUOTE]


Similar things happened in the American auto industry. A couple that come to mind are Ransom Eli Olds (Oldsmobile and REO) and Albert Champion (AC and Champion spark plugs)

 

[points]

I like the Stearman cockpit. Just a tad simpler and a whole lot simpler to fly.
All the buttons and gauges on a blackbird are mostly for air conditioning, stereo and the coffee maker

 

[XRCD011]

One needs talent and training to fly such a thing. Fixing it probably requires more.

In the desert mit Erwin:

Just the thing for hunting season. Horch built them in three "weights" - light, medium, und heavy - and they were very popular indeed. Here's another "heavy" in Russia:

Und Erwin Himself in a "Medium":

And some lads beating along in a "light":

When not churning out square nosed military beasts, Horch could make things of sublime beauty:

Horchs are still to be found if one looks in the right barn.

Typ.82 Kübels also.

 

[bearhunter]

One needs talent and training to fly such a thing. Fixing it probably requires more.

In the desert mit Erwin:

Just the thing for hunting season. Horch built them in three "weights" - light, medium, und heavy - and they were very popular indeed. Here's another "heavy" in Russia:

Und Erwin Himself in a "Medium":

And some lads beating along in a "light":

When not churning out square nosed military beasts, Horch could make things of sublime beauty:

In the second photo, Other than the troops in the car, the troops in the stream and around the newly constructed bridge appear to be Russian by the look of their clothes???

 

[diopter]

https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translat...l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

XRCD011 referenced a very interesting page a few entries back: http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Originale.html

I do indeed have a thing for wartime German vehicles. It's interesting to see what a smallish industry was able to come up with when demand was high and money was no object. Tons of variation in kit. One of the less attractive ones was the Trippel SG6:

A Schwimmvagen with absolutely no VW DNA. Quite the opposite, actually. This from that website:

Hans Trippel had been producing amphibious vehicles long before VW started making the much more famous Type 166 . The designer of the VW Type 166, Ferdinand Porsche, is said to have had a Trippel SG 6 available for viewing. After the construction of various test specimens, production of the Trippel SG 6 began in 1937. When the Bugatti factory fell under German rule in 1940 as a result of the French campaign and the Ministry of Armament had acquired the Bugatti factory, Trippel vehicles were also mass-produced there. The SG6 was revised again and continued to be produced as the SG 6/41. The less elegantly shaped pioneer version remained in production alongside the SG 6/41 until 1943.
The SG/6 was powered by an Opel engine with a displacement of 2.5 l. The chassis had all-wheel drive and independent suspension and the propeller could be folded out from the interior.

Two versions - a small one, and a rebodied larger variant that could carry a bunch of guys. Here's the SG6/41, the smaller of the two:

The main military type could transport 16 soldiers, or so they said. Gotta think they'd have to be pretty dainty guys.

"It'll be fine, Dieter - plenty of room. Just climb up on the front there and mind you don't get your ass wet."

 

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B-29 Superfortresses in storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. (LIFE Magazine)

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

My God, the waste.

 

[bearhunter]

DAD, don't take this the wrong way but old worn out airplanes are like old worn out cars. They can be rebuilt to as new condition but if they're no longer useful for their intended purpose, because better replacements took their place and storing them becomes an expensive, tedious chore, then the smelter is the end result. You know that of course and you don't like it. Me neither.

 

[grelmar]

My God, the waste.

Not really. Davis-Monthan is actually a rare case of government efficiency. The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's entire mission is to preserve possibly useful aircraft for as long as possible, utilize the stored aircraft as spare parts inventory, re-activates substantial numbers of aircraft every year, and once every last ounce of military use has been squeezed out of every aircraft sent there, maximize the money raised through parts sales to the commercial market, and materials to the salvage market.

It's painful to see a beautiful bird stripped for parts and salvage, but the 309th prides itself on keeping birds alive and in the air, both within their stored fleet, and in the wider air fleet.