Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:01 PM
17 replies, 1205 views
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Author | Time | Post |
 The day the Swedish Air Force Saab 37 Viggen saved the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (Original post) |
ItsjustMe | Nov 25 | OP |
| dware | Nov 25 | #1 | |
| marybourg | Nov 25 | #2 | |
| Celerity | Nov 25 | #3 | |
| DemoTex | Nov 25 | #4 | |
| electric_blue68 | Nov 25 | #5 | |
| dware | Nov 25 | #6 | |
| EX500rider | Nov 25 | #7 | |
| dware | Nov 25 | #8 | |
| EX500rider | Nov 25 | #9 | |
| electric_blue68 | Nov 25 | #12 | |
| ItsjustMe | Nov 25 | #10 | |
| electric_blue68 | Nov 25 | #13 | |
| Hermit-The-Prog | Nov 25 | #11 | |
| electric_blue68 | Nov 25 | #15 | |
| electric_blue68 | Nov 25 | #14 | |
| Liberal In Texas | Nov 25 | #16 | |
| littlemissmartypants | Nov 28 | #17 |
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:25 PM
marybourg (9,652 posts)
2. After Blackbird was declassified, late DH
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:27 PM
Celerity (16,366 posts)
3. thank you so much for posting this, great story!
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there are rumours for decades here that long ago the Swedish Air force shot down a UFO
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Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:29 PM
DemoTex (24,286 posts)
4. Great story!
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:35 PM
electric_blue68 (1,902 posts)
5. bookmarked! The SR-71 is such a gorgeously
Response to electric_blue68 (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:48 PM
6. It still holds all kinds of world records.
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Another beautiful plane is this:
Rockwell B-1B Lancer. |
Response to EX500rider (Reply #7)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:55 PM
8. Notice how similar the Russian Tupolev Tu-160
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Blackjack bomber looks to the B-1B?
Think they copied the basic design of the Lancer? |
Response to dware (Reply #6)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:00 PM
electric_blue68 (1,902 posts)
12. Very nice!
Response to ItsjustMe (Reply #10)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:06 PM
electric_blue68 (1,902 posts)
13. Great little vid! I see what you mean...
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I was paying more attention to the nose, the delta wings , and the front of the jet engine with that badass black cone and the red ring at it's base!
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BTW did you see under the front of the fuselage by the pilots area the small clear semi-circular "bubble" for the Spy Camera. 👍 |
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 07:54 PM
Hermit-The-Prog (18,504 posts)
11. Everybody needs a friend sometime. trumPutin does not understand that.
Response to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #11)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:20 PM
electric_blue68 (1,902 posts)
15. So very true, sometimes the most arrogant forget this.
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:17 PM
electric_blue68 (1,902 posts)
14. Thank you Swedish AF! What a story.
Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 10:33 PM
Liberal In Texas (10,437 posts)
16. It was a shame when they cancelled the program.
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But budgets and politics rule. Now Trump has ended the Clear Skies program and his having the aircraft destroyed. Might be handy right now to have a few of them still around and airworthy.
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Response to ItsjustMe (Original post)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 08:21 PM
littlemissmartypants (14,184 posts)
17. Wouldn't it be nice to have a aviation enthusiasts group?
