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>>64351345
whoops

>>64352517
those Swedes

>>64354612
Douglas Aircraft Company was peak 1950s

>>64354583
>>64357944
Those canopies have sovl.

>>64359844
checked, yeah the early jet greenhouses

>>64360217
Beautiful.

>>64361411
checked, also
First memories of the Blue Angels were on Coronado
>my dad a doc in the Navy
>somehow afforded a house on Coronado
>lived across teh street from NAS North Island
>on Sundays, pry apart the fence on 2nd & Alameda
>acres of asphalt to fuck around w/ on my skateboard
>day after the Blues would perform on North Island
>dumpsters were FULL of Blue Angels swag
best part,
>could bike to Coronado Middle School,
>leave boogie board propped up against bike
>board would still be there after school
High trust society is best society.

Based and Area 88-pilled thread.

>>64363202
>High trust society is best society
it is but the denser the population gets (global population grows from 4 to 8 billion) the less trust

>>64351050
Are there any photos of this inflight with the exhaust charging system active?

>>64366533
>exhaust charging system
? you mean the cesium fuel additive that reduced RCS
there are very few in flight photographs released of the CIA's A-12 in operational service, and most of those are views of the airplane tanking up to a KC-135
(the pic at top of thread is the M-21/D-21 drone carrier)

A-12 first prototype s/n 60-6924 Article 121 (still with J75 engines flight test phase) dumping fuel over Nevada July 1962 during an early test flight

Afterburner vs Ramjet

>>64369050
rocket

>>64357973
Imagine how much money is just sitting there

>>64369105
The mirage IIIC was rocket assisted as well, but the sncaso trident went one step further.

>>64363263
You mean the browner the population gets.

>>64371144
checked, however you want to view the growth in global human population density 1950-2020

>>64351321
Not calling this pic a flock of blackbirds.
Anon, I am dissapoint

SR-71 prototype prior to first flight December 1964

>>64377102
>ywn lick all the asbestos off the leading edges

The cutest jet?

I sure hope there are no bi-planes around here he thought......

>>64381960
Bi-planes could be anywhere....

>>64381965
..............

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>>64389778
nice

first SR-71A

no tacos very disapoint

A-12 approaching Groom Lake

Great thread

Area ruling is a rare case of an aerodynamic principle that is both functional and aesthetic.

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