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To me this is still one of the coolest looking planes on the planet. In this video you get to see this Cold War spy plane do a low fly-by. It is a marvel of engineering and a thing of beauty, IMHO.
IT'S WHISPER QUIET.
WHAT?!
Not that that stops engine noise.
To solve that problem they were fitted with special "slippa'" mods.
Wikipedia page for SR-71 has no mention of the Navy.
what's the point of a low-altitude flyby if it's not even supersonic?
What's the point of your post if it does not bring anything to the conversation?
>> ^jwray:
what's the point of a low-altitude flyby if it's not even supersonic?
What's the point of your post if it does not bring anything to the conversation?
What's the point of your FACE?!
SR did its job.. reconnaissance. I wouldn't want to be in one in combat... its best defense is flying at very high altitude and high speed. Spy satellites and long range unmanned drones do the same job these days.
Despite this, it was still an amazingly successful aircraft with an almost unheard of 33 years service (1966-1999). As their stealth design proved to be largely ineffective, they were fired upon frequently, but not one was ever shot down. Standard missile evasion was to crank the throttle up to top speed; the missile would either be unable to keep up or run out of fuel before it did.