Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say whynypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square333fedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkNASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say whynypost.comIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square333fedilinkfile-text
Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I’d love to know what NASA has planned for it.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoBlackbird didn’t overly the USSR. The U2 did, and they learned the hard way that Soviet missiles went a lot higher than anyone thought.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoGood point - I’m probably remembering fiction, but also Soviet Union attempting to target the aircraft …. And we have the incidents of overflying Swedish airspace, and I think Danish
Blackbird didn’t overly the USSR. The U2 did, and they learned the hard way that Soviet missiles went a lot higher than anyone thought.
Good point - I’m probably remembering fiction, but also Soviet Union attempting to target the aircraft
…. And we have the incidents of overflying Swedish airspace, and I think Danish