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00Bolt
07-12-2005, 09:19 AM
this is wicked!!!
http://imageatlas.globexplorer.com/
check out these images someone else found using this...
http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/18/area518ny.jpg
http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/1783/blackcopters2cg.jpg
http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/521/sr71blackbirds7op.jpg
Moonshine
07-12-2005, 10:17 AM
Can't ID the helicopters, but the fixed wings are definitely SR-71 Blackbirds. last I knew those had all been retired from active service. Or, at least that was the public story. ;)
L8 APEX
07-12-2005, 10:25 AM
Oh no the black helicopters are coming for us now, we know too much:eek:
00Bolt
07-12-2005, 10:41 AM
i just thought it was pretty cool... u can look up great wall of china and all kinds of things...
Moonshine
07-12-2005, 01:57 PM
Oh no the black helicopters are coming for us now, we know too much:eek:
Better load the Beta mag and fuel up the TransFlow. :D
Silver_2000
07-12-2005, 02:02 PM
Can't ID the helicopters, but the fixed wings are definitely SR-71 Blackbirds. last I knew those had all been retired from active service. Or, at least that was the public story. ;)
I read somewhere that much of the data is dated... 3 or more years old - if its older than that it would explain the sr71's - Plus do you think they are in the scrap heap some where ? NO way...
my2002lightning
07-12-2005, 03:11 PM
Google Earth has some pretty cool functionality. This is some of what I found by cranking in those coordinates. Looks like plenty of B-1s, too.
I'm thinking those are Blackhawk helicopters - esp. with the canted tail rotor assy. Too, I seem to remember that the SR-71s were decommissioned to go back to NASA for "research" purposes. :cool:
I thought I saw something on Google Earth about May, '05 as the latest sat. pic. taken, but that was looking at the new place in Allen.
my2002lightning
07-12-2005, 03:24 PM
Here are the same 3 B1s from an almost 45 deg. angle. The images seem to falter unless it's from the angle in which the sat. photo was taken. Still impressive.
It would be interesting to see what Google Earth has for Murmansk, Baikonour, Vladivostok and pics of Iraq/Afghanistan.:cool:
Moonshine
07-12-2005, 04:30 PM
I read somewhere that much of the data is dated... 3 or more years old - if its older than that it would explain the sr71's - Plus do you think they are in the scrap heap some where ? NO way...
Wondered about the age of the photo. Looked at my casa and based on development that has occurred around me it looks like the pic of my area is about a year old. As for scrap heaping SR-71's, no, but I could believe mothballing at Davis-Monthan, although the NASA research comment sounds familiar.
Ivanhoe_Farms
07-12-2005, 05:02 PM
Wondered about the age of the photo. Looked at my casa and based on development that has occurred around me it looks like the pic of my area is about a year old. As for scrap heaping SR-71's, no, but I could believe mothballing at Davis-Monthan, although the NASA research comment sounds familiar.
At the present the SR 71 is being flown by the NASA with registration N 844-NA (NASA, USAF serial no. 64-17971).:rolleyes:
The Lockheed SR 71-A Blackbird is an American made two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. SR-71 BLACKBIRD PERFORMANCE: Wing span: 16,94 m. Length: 32,74 m. Height: 5,64 m. Max. speed: Mach 3.5+(3500+ km/h,2175+mph.) Empty weight: 60,000 lbs.(27216 kg.) Max. weight: 170,000 lbs.(77111 kg.) Powerplant: two Pratt & Whitney J-58 bleed turbojets Thrust : 32,500 lbs.(14742 kg.) (each):beer:
Moonshine
07-12-2005, 08:23 PM
At the present the SR 71 is being flown by the NASA with registration N 844-NA (NASA, USAF serial no. 64-17971).:rolleyes:
The Lockheed SR 71-A Blackbird is an American made two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. SR-71 BLACKBIRD PERFORMANCE: Wing span: 16,94 m. Length: 32,74 m. Height: 5,64 m. Max. speed: Mach 3.5+(3500+ km/h,2175+mph.) Empty weight: 60,000 lbs.(27216 kg.) Max. weight: 170,000 lbs.(77111 kg.) Powerplant: two Pratt & Whitney J-58 bleed turbojets Thrust : 32,500 lbs.(14742 kg.) (each):beer:
IIRC, the heat generated by the air friction during each flight anneals the skin of the aircraft, making it stronger each and every time it flies at its' designed potential. Seems I read that in an article on Blackbirds many years ago. Milton, am I remembering that correctly? Either way, one very bad arse bird.
skalywags
07-12-2005, 08:32 PM
I read somewhere that much of the data is dated... 3 or more years old - if its older than that it would explain the sr71's - Plus do you think they are in the scrap heap some where ? NO way...
it has the date above the pic - the pic of my condo 01-feb-2001
my2002lightning
07-13-2005, 12:42 AM
The Blackbird is/was FAST! My calculations show the fps at 3,190.07~. :eek2:
Just under the typical 55 gr. .223 round fps of 3,240~ fps.
L8 APEX
07-13-2005, 01:03 AM
Better load the Beta mag and fuel up the TransFlow. :D
I am stocking up MRE's and essentials in the burried bus as we speak:tongue:
Ivanhoe_Farms
07-13-2005, 07:15 AM
IIRC, the heat generated by the air friction during each flight anneals the skin of the aircraft, making it stronger each and every time it flies at its' designed potential. Seems I read that in an article on Blackbirds many years ago. Milton, am I remembering that correctly? Either way, one very bad arse bird.
Your memory is correct!!
http://www.answers.com/topic/sr-71-blackbird
"
Due to the great temperature changes in flight, the fuselage panels were supposedly essentially loose. Proper alignment was only achieved when the airframe warmed up, due to the air resistance at high speeds, and the airframe then expanded several inches. Because of this, and the lack of a fuel sealing system that could handle the extreme temperatures, the aircraft would leak its specially formulated JP-7 jet fuel onto the runway before it took off. The aircraft would quickly make a short sprint, meant to warm up the airframe, and was then air-to-air refueled before departing on its mission. Cooling was carried out by cycling fuel behind the titanium surfaces at the front of the wings (chines). Nonetheless, once the airplane landed no one could approach it for some time as its canopy was still hotter than 300 degrees Celsius. Asbestos (non-fiberous) was also used, such as in non-ceramic automotive brakes, due to its high heat tolerance.
Studies of the aircraft's titanium skin revealed the metal was actually growing stronger over time due to the intense heating caused by aerodynamic friction, a process similar to annealing (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1lq93r7i8s68a?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Annealing&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b).
The skin of the SR-71 is actually corrugated, not smooth. The thermal expansion stresses of a smooth skin would have resulted in the aircraft skin splitting or curling. By making the surface corrugated, the skin is allowed to expand vertically as well as horizontally without overstressing, which also increases longitudinal strength. Despite the fact that it worked, aerodynamicists were aghast at the concept and accused the design engineers of trying to make a 1920's era Ford Trimotor (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1lq93r7i8s68a?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Ford+Trimotor&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b), known for its corrugated aluminum skin, go Mach 3. "
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