RevJim 0 #26 September 22, 2003 QuoteDayum.. all those pictures.. and not a single drip pan showing When those things sat someplace they usually dripped fuel all over. Jeanne Finally! Someone who understands what I'm talking about! Woo Hoo!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #27 September 22, 2003 my pleasure reverend... i'm just glad there are those of you out there who share the passion... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #28 September 22, 2003 I got to train some of the aircrew.. they had very specialized needs for equipment and egress and water training so I got to get close to some of the blackbirds. The damn airplane was a huge fire hazard Jeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #29 September 22, 2003 Quotevery specialized needs for equipment Boy, that's putting it lightly! Only true NASA astronauts come close.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #30 September 22, 2003 QuoteI concur. It's gratifying to know that they are in service again. Yea, it was nice to see them in the X-Men movie _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #31 September 22, 2003 We would take them out for thier water training in Biscayne Bay....we used to troll for sharks with them in their suits The PE specialists would have to come along to dress them... and they had special suits that were no longer airworthy I guess... so the salt water damage was confined to training gear rather than front line.. and the procedures were a bit different due to the floation being integral and being in the heat without thier little air conditioning units for very long was.... really hard on the guys.... whats funny is the NASA Mission Specialists who came thru the water training did not even have to get into anything other than an issue flight suit. Jeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #32 September 22, 2003 Son, ya done gone high and right on me and missed the pun. It is a "Man"fred von Richtofen's plane... xxx, Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #33 September 22, 2003 Looks a real nice plane, wheres the exit? Is it a tail gate exit cos I cant see a roler shutter door on the side. How many jumpers does it take to altitude? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #34 September 22, 2003 Son, ya done gone high and right on me and missed the pun. It is a "Man"fred von Richtofen's plane... *** sorry... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #35 September 22, 2003 QuoteIn his book," Sled Driver," SR- 71/ Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: The original is long out of print. The new version (limited edition) is selling for $427. Yikes. If it was remotely affordable, I'd pick up a copy. As it is, I'll have to pass. I can splurge some, but not that much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #36 September 22, 2003 mine was a gift from my dad... had I known it was so much I would've sold it for jumps... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #38 September 22, 2003 QuoteTry here Umm... Reserve price set at $400 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #39 September 22, 2003 The first editions weren't as much. Evidently, they often sold for like $50. But the publisher went bust and they are out of print. They have been rising in value on the used market, such as eBay and used bookstores. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #40 September 22, 2003 QuoteReserve price set at $400 What's the point of setting a high reserve, starting the bids at $10, and the SAYING the reserve is 400?????Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #41 September 22, 2003 It could have to do something with the auction fee being a formula that includes the listing price and the selling price. Something like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #42 September 22, 2003 Its still the 1st time I see a reserve being announced..... mucho strange....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #43 September 22, 2003 that's nuts how much that book is ! you can get it for 262, here that's nuts too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #44 September 22, 2003 QuoteIts still the 1st time I see a reserve being announced..... mucho strange.... While I don't see it all the time, I have seen reserves announced in some auctions... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #45 September 22, 2003 I saw one of these up close (touched it) at March AFB. It's damn impressive. There is a writeup about the various things, but the thing I remember most is about the fuel tanks (as posted earlier). The tanks leak until they heat up and expand. If you think about how long that plane has been around, it's especially impressive.There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TB99 0 #46 September 22, 2003 Quote that they would expend all (or close to it) of their fuel in take off and climb to what was essentially a low earth orbit, flame out, and literally glide overhead, to come down on the other side. You're right about using all their fuel on take off, but I'm pretty sure they usually did an airial refuel after take off for every sortie. I don't think they just flamed out and glided the rest of the flight. As far as the rest say, yea ... it definately was a leaky bastard, but that's all part of it's beauty, right? Trailer 11/12 was the best. Thanks for the memories ... you guys rocked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phonics1981 0 #47 September 22, 2003 sr4.jpg is one amazing picture! ------------------------------------------------------ "Ive given up on sigs cos I make a mess of them!" ------------------------------------------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,545 #48 September 22, 2003 It's stunningly beautiful and sexy. I saw one in San Antonio. Got to touch it and everything. WendyThere is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guesswhere 0 #49 September 22, 2003 QuoteIt's stunningly beautiful and sexy. I saw one in San Antonio. Got to touch it and everything. Wendy there's a touchable one at the SAC museum in Nebrasky ------- ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #50 September 23, 2003 haven't seen the san antone one yet, but saw the one at Pima air museum in Tuscon as well as the one in Hunstville Alabama at the space center and a third in Seatle at the air and space museum adjacent to Boeing field. can't get enough of them. -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
