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The SR-71... greatest aircraft ever?

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Old May 9, 2004 | 08:27 PM
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Woo hoo greeny! Hot stuff

some real gems there

(that 71 photo just became my new desktop!)
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Old May 9, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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Old May 9, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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I'd almost trade my S2000 for one of those!
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Old May 10, 2004 | 04:23 AM
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Old May 10, 2004 | 05:35 AM
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Originally posted by C-Bass
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Old May 10, 2004 | 06:00 AM
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who knew???
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Old May 10, 2004 | 08:14 AM
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IMO the most important plane in history.
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Old May 10, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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Originally posted by steve c
http://www.visitusa.com/planes/j3.jpg

IMO the most important plane in history.
More people probably learned to fly in that bird than any other, but before that pretty boy, most Americans learned to fly in one of these...



Both are easy to fly and can take a lot of abuse. With the Jenny, most guys learned to fly by getting in the things and taking them up, figuring it out as they went along. The problem I have with both is that they are buffeted around by the wind too much, and after a while the Dramamine stops working.


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Old May 10, 2004 | 01:15 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tedow
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Old May 10, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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Those were the days they dropped bombs out of the cockpit by hand. Talk about precision guided munitions.
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