SR-71 start-up & evening launch

[jimbo1096]

Don't know they fired them up while in the hangar.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

Can they get her hot enough on the ground to stop the leaks?

Rick C

 

[jimbo1096]

no, have to be over mach 1.

 

[turd]

So very cool. Thanks for posting this. I always thought they were the ultimate flying machine.....

 

[Johnnu2]

Just takes my breath away even 30 years later. Can't imagine having all the right stuff to fly something like that.

J.

 

[RSIno1]

Don't know they fired them up while in the hangar.

Fairly long process to fuel, light and get the pilots in. Hidden in a hanger out of sight of prying satellites then taxis direct to takeoff reducing enemies reaction time.

 

[Nimrod308]

The guy that set the coast to cast speed record in one of these lives in my home town. I've heard him tell some stories flying these planes,very interesting.