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Originally Posted by BatRay
 SR-71, now that is a hell of an aircraft. |
It sure is. I recall seeing one doing touch and go landings at Kadena AFB on Okinawa, and it disappeared into the blue sky on every "go."
Another interesting thing is how leaky it is. The Air Force is so much tidier and fastidious than the Navy and Marine Corps, so I was surprised when I taxied by a couple of SR-71s at an AFB and they were both standing in puddles of jet fuel. It turns out that they route the fuel right under the skin of the aircraft to cool the skin at very high speeds, but if its not hot enough, the metal shrinks and opens up the seams a bit, so it seeps fuel sitting on the deck.
Or at least that's what I was told.
