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The sad part is he probably has grandkids that are embarrassed by him and don't even wanna hear his stories.

Idk. My grandfather served with redhorse in nam and Korea. He was 17 years old when he received his bronze star. He should have gotten a distinguished service cross or silver star. He was on his first week in Korea. His convoy going to base got attacked. He was in the second vehicle. The first one hit a land mine a d when that happened all hell broke loose. Everybody was pinned down by snipers and machine gun crews. This being said he ran from the front of the convoy to the 1919 on a Jeep at the rear while pulling people to cover along the way. He then returned fire and the enemies were killed. At 17 years old he did this.

Jess W why would you say that?

dat boi Your grandpa is a hero. So long as he’s a hero and to your family, it doesn’t matter if his country over looked him, the people he helped save and your family knows the truth. Incredibly heroic. Mine was a navy man himself in WWII here in Canada. He didn’t do anything that heroic, but he helped hunt U Boats in the Atlantic and I’m damn proud of him

Funny that you say that. My Grandpa was an engineer on the landing system for the SR-71 and U2 spy plane based out of Beale AFB. This guy probably knew my Grandpa.The SR-71 is in my family's blood. I would sit in the hangar while my Grandpa was working on it. Sitting in a chair right next to the damn thing. I got to sit in the pilots seat also. Was there for it's final flight out of Beale too. My Grandpa was the coolest Grandpa anyone could ever have.

now it means something different

LOL

Now it doesnt know where it is anymore

I emailed him once. Eventually once the email found its way to him, he did reply but it didn't go straight to my inbox. So when I read his reply weeks later I responded but never heard back. Afraid I blew it. For what it's worth, he seemed very friendly in his reply.

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Освоение.марса......

I heard that the sonic boom was so impressive, it actually set off seismographs on the ground, which really confused and/or freaked out geologists at first.

YES . EVERY PERSON WHO WATCHES THIS VIDEO ...HEARD THE SAME THING YOU DID ....

@@michaelmurray7199yup! I would hear them all the time at Edwards. You knew when it was the shuttle, sr71, vs another jet. Unique

It was actually designed in the late 50s , early 60s, so we're looking at a 60 year old PLUS design all done on slide rule!! Amazing!!

bird271828 and its 100% analog......

Bird I have to agree with you, of all the planes at the Museum of Flight in Seattle this one gets my attention every time I visit and sit in its cockpit and or walk around under it. they also have "The Buick" start cart there as well!

GOAT.

the xb 70 is also a great looking plane, but both are very badass

ristau lmao

Dudes seen some shit.

Daniel Sanchez Its not a joke moron. Have some respect.

Im interested in his big blue ring, i think perhaps freemasonic.

Wow, this man is one brave pilot. Scary missions, a sketchy steering system, all with a difficult to fly but cutting edge plane... Great interview!

same here

Sexy

Absolutely 🙌

Hecc yeah

It was retired, now US got SR-72

i was friends with a kid that i found out years later his dad flew the sr71 never knew it thought he was an airline pilot his entire life sept for the small stent he spent in the military never dawned on me what he was doing in the military.

jakemj03 Agreed! I am still amazed at how far advanced this bird was until it was retired. There were so many bright minds in the 1960's who designed the SR-71.

I bet he could talk about it for hours too. I wish there was more interviews.

me too. so much enthusiasm in his eyes and at heart

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Could you imagine just getting to touch that thing! I think I'd burst into flames from the level of excitement!

Man, people like you give me faith in humanity. You seem like an awesome person

@@Tigershark_3082 high figh mate 🙌🏻 You’re an awesome person too ! 🙏

Mandar, while I appreciate your intent, when you write, "we all gotta accept the FACT that this is something from another world", it diminishes the credibility of whatever else you say when the comment you call a FACT is so clearly untrue. When trying to state undeniable fact, there is no advantage to the introduction of hyperbole.

@@youtuuba chill,English isn’t our first language lol

@@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611 , apparently common courtesy is also not part if your culture. When you dismiss another person's comments by telling them to "chill", you are implying that they were being hysterical, and that is an insulting tone to take.

A lot of tech information is still top secret, it's been 40 years and still the publi c doesn't know its capabilities, I was chief of my own Aircraft, I know things

Ask China, they know

@@robertpowell2557 Robert Powell died a few years ago, you dont know anything lol.

Sir, can you please explain how a length measuring device, is so helpful in building an object with the requirements of such a high degree of precision engineering? If that's not what a slide rule is for, please don't get angry, I don't know what's it used for.

@@harshvardhan4771 A slide rule is not used for measuring length. It is used for complex mathematical calculations like an electronic calculator.

@@Bob31415 oh, nice. But given that it's analogue, and the result of the calculations isn't handed over to us within a big red highlighted box, isn't there a large room for error? I mean, yes, the people using it are not idiots, but still, people tend to ignore or look over even the most basic of details when in a hurry. Example, you calculate 76*45 using the slide rule, and the result should be 3420, which it is, and you read it so. But in a hurry (which is generally a common case in production lines) on the spec.s sheet, you note it down as 3580, which isn't much, but can be the crucial difference between the aircraft panels being of the right size vs the aircraft crashing due to unexpected aerodynamics due to an inefficient aerofoil, due to a metal panel on the wing's surface being of the wrong size.

@@harshvardhan4771 I know. The slide rule is an amazing invention. I have no idea how to use one. I have one around here somewhere that belonged to my father who was a high school chemistry teacher in the 60s.

My Dad was a chem engineer and used a slide rule for decades. I can still hear him saying "log log scale".

He was a pleasure to watch. I could listen to him for days, and never lose interest.

"PREPARE FOR A REMOTE SYSTEMS OVERRIDE!" Wheelie: "I tell ya, this guy did not age well."

Yes! I always remember that every time my family visits! 😄

@@NEGT01 I command these doors to open! Fire!

DeLEET Titan “I SAID...FIRE! (rocket swoosh) bollocks.”

@@NEGT01 "DAMN THESE WORTHLESS PARTS!" "ITCHY, WRETCHED RUST IN MY ARSE!"

They still have no clue

And the USA supplies weapons to people who kill their own. Governments are silly, eh?

@@blacksunapocalypse roger that

@@blacksunapocalypse earth is flat

@@blacksunapocalypse you're right tho, I don't want to know how many American equipment is being used agaist the USA in the middle east

I'm from a military background... Sure, he is being quite humble and silent here... But the reason why the so called "excited" officers are so excited is because we get to serve the motherland and nation like no ordinary person... Sure, the seniors might be like the Colonel, but the juniors (Capt., Maj., Lt Col.,) really exaggerate and show optimism and enthusiasm bcz theyre new in this and their level of honour and dignity is at top!

This was an essential quality for SR 71 pilots

Dang- I would have loved to have been in your group. Great time to be quiet and listen (and learn from) the real deal. Those guys won't be around forever; immense respect for them.

i had a great time chatting up the retired volunteers at the Air & Space Museum ANNEX where the SR-71, Enola Gay, Shuttle Discovery, Concord and so much more are at in fact i enjoyed the the Annex ( Udvar-Hazy Center) more then the main Museum

Air & Space Museum as in Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum?

Solux not humanity, America

Blackbird and the F4U Corsair !!!!!!

bro have you seen Audi 80?

Surely you have you have seen a lot of things.

I'll second that.

Super206 Sounds like something Hillary would do.

thousandlegger What

Super206 all this comment needs is a time stamp so we can watch it over again lol

Super206 they had to create new technologies to work with the Titanium in the SR-71

YUSKHAN Aren’t you edgy?

steveo288 yup guard them as well. Very cool stuff.

Thanks brother. UK rocks too

i wish i could fly it :(

If you look up the word BADASS in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of this airplane.

CARDINAL701 indeed

Agreed it's simply a gorgeous machine. The F-22 is pretty sweet also, but these beasts are in a league of their own, IMO.

CARDINAL701 I have still not been able to find the epuc video on the SR71 and Profect Halo. Shows the Blackbird approaching and achieving warp speed. Much of it is just from the cockpit and dialogue from pilot to ground control.

What an awesome job! It's a wicked cool plane.

Those ram jet engines blow me away as does everything about the sr 71 and it just looks awsome 👍

100 years from now planes would fly by themselves. no human input is required

Yeah that will really help with pulling the chicks down at the local bar. Chick to Drone Operator; "Oh so you play video games all day then?" Drone Operator; "Pretty much"

+Mark Fryer virtual flyboy

The beauty of this development is that the Blackbird will never be surpassed.

That we know of at the moment. , Who knows just what secret toys are in use now or in the near future

I was stationed in Okinawa. We had two of these aircraft there. The "Habu" as the locals called it. Habu is a type of poisonous snake there. The takeoff was magnificent.

Designed and built by the Greatest Generation............

I second that.

And for a prop aircraft it has to be the P-51D Mustang and MK 9 Spitfire!

Concorde had a big nose though

I third that! They look like a bird of prey.

Rockwell B1 Lancer...

This comment starts @ 3:48 so you can play it over and over again.

30 years from now Russian old men will be telling stories of the Russian US President. LOOOOL.

And I believe I read somewhere a while ago something like 90 to 95 percent of what we bought was rejected for flaws/impurities.

@@truantray i know right!? j lol ORANGE MAN BAD!

Where do you think Syria, Afghan, Iraq, and the rest of the Muslims get their weapons.... Yaaaa jokes on you, keep watching CNN 😂😂

32 was built 12 were down. I don't know man that sounds not very good for me. Russian didn't need to do much to keep them away.

@@overclock1993 I consider the operational history of the aircraft, the sheer volume of intelligence and other mission successes and the utter loss of success in your life and consider the SR-71 at least 17000 times more successful than you. Especially, considering that I used some intelligence from the platform to perform successful missions. Go eat another Twinkie.

@@spvillano The SR-71 never crossed the USSR mainland what was valuable intelligence it collecte? The U-2 is still in service until this day, SR-71 is in museum. Please use your brain sir!

@@overclock1993 the SR-71 flew inside of Soviet airspace, literally outrunning missiles fired at it. But, obviously they couldn't go west to east or vice versa, Russia itself is immense!

That's because Neil knew stuff that he was told not to speak about, same as the other two.See apollo11 astronaut press interview , they are petrified.

Retired pilot, never an Ex anything.

Titanium balls from russia

sk8, I was thinking more cast iron. And Andre, when you finish your 2200 mph flight, come back and tell us all about how it's the plane and not the man. We'll be waiting.

Andre van Maanen go away dutchie

This Aircraft...STILL...holds the worlds' FASTEST AIRCRAFT SPEED Record !! My dad was Air Traffic Controller in the Air Force and when one landed and was due for take off, he would call the house and my brother and I would race out to watch it take off !! Clearance for T.O. os from E.O.R. to Altitude, straight up full A.B. with HUGE FLAMES !! My God she was Beautiful !! She no longer flies tho !! However...she DOES have a replacement that the Air Force has yet to talk about !!

We have a little more with Buz here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbCAZL2Cz-C0qXk.html

Or that they showed more of the inside

It's sonic boom was a quick "ba-boom".... caused from the nose cone and engine inlet spikes.

@Dogurasu It sure is awesome huh. I feel what you're sayin' bro! Every 50 cents on your taxdollar going to the Military Industrial Complex. That must feel great. And Free!! And how about not having healthcare! Or higher education! Or a functioning banking system! Or infant mortality rates that make sense! Or democray instead of oligarchy! or.. or...or... Nah, why would you! That wouldn't feel free! It would impede on that freedom of yours! You must feel so free! Lovin' that freedom!

Specifically air breathing aircraft. The X-15 was faster but it was rocket powered and I don't believe they ever flew that route

@@noctisumbra2749 you didn't read his post idiot the x15 might be faster it CANNOT fly coast to coast!

Although a very different aircraft, the space shuttle flew mach 25, but of course rocket powered at the start, and a glider near the end.

I wish A12 flying records would be released. Then we could compare speed and altitude superiority.

marineforlife mclean r

The mechanism that runs the control surfaces is unbelievable. I was told it was designed by a Swiss watch designer!? Most likely because it does resemble watch works. Don't know of any pictures on the web of it though.

Back when men were men and America was great.

Velo1010 Without even integrated circuits!

What about a slide Rule? Haha

Not any 'Man.' Americans Built this marvel

What a quote! Quite remarkable.

Law19157 there's a sign outside MCAS New River that reads "pardon our noise, it's the sound of freedom"

If the USA thinks a sonic boom is the "sound of freedom" why ban concord from flying over.

Skunk Works, baby!!!!

Is it true they leaked when cold?

Thanks for your service btw

@@drummerdoingstuff5020 Yes there where drip pans all over the center fuselage on the ground behind the equipment bays. After a flight, once the bird cooled off. There are 6 fuel tanks on the plane, during flight the pilot could transfer fuel to distribute the weight. The plane had to refuel 6 times flying to Vietnam from Okinawa. Total flight time was 4 hours and 35 minutes there and back, from Okinawa.

And the stealth F117 Nighthawk.

Back then one of the goals was to get men on the moon with Obama it was to get men into the woman's bathroom SMH

Personally I regard the Design Engineers at North American Aviation (which later became North American Rockwell, then Rockwell International) better than at the "Skunk Works". I worked at Lockheed Martin ADP (the "Skunk Works") from the mid 90's to the mid 2000's as a Mechanical and Structural Design Engineer. My father was an Aerospace Design Engineer at NAA / Rockwell from 1962-1996 working on Apollo and the Space Shuttle Orbiter for the first 22 years he was there. Those two projects alone dwarf anything the Skunk Works has ever done. But if you're just talking aircraft, NAA designed numerous highly advanced aircraft, including the P-51, the X-15, and the XB-70. It's pretty easy to argue the XB-70 was even more advanced than the SR-71, and they're both from the same time frame (both had their first flights in 1964). The XB-70 was a large (about twice the size of the SR-71) Mach 3+ bomber.

I don't know which I enjoyed more, seeing the Blackbird or the Space Shuttle! Both were amazing!!!

avatangg5801 I smiled so big when he said that lol.

While also coming from the fastest plane ever made. Absolutely majestic.

@@Basilisk2077 I bet no other country can produce a better plane than the US

The bad guys also make sonic boom

Or, the sound of oppression, depending on what side you are on.

Probably still classified.

Mr.Clem it has a radar cross section the size of a small human. Comparing that to the B2's radar cross section the size of a steel ball bearing. Pretty good for 1950's tech

There are heaps of presentations by former a-12 and sr-71 pilots on yt, that touch on the 'low observable' aka stealth aspect. As with ever aircraft that's stealth, it really doesn't fulfil to the definition of the word, hence why f-35 is now officially termed 'low-observable' low-observable feature isn't designed to keep you hidden for the full-duration of your mission, its purpose is to give the electronic warfare co-pilot enough time to detect and jam the scanning frequency.. For long-range bombers like f-35, this capability is there just in-case the enemies integrated defense system hasn't already been neutralised by a host of specialized electronic warfare nirds / MQ-1C Gray Eagle with _NERO_ jammer pod , MQ-4C Triton / E/A-18G Growler (strike enabled) / E-3 Sentry AWACS / EC-130H / Oh and satellites Although none of the above are stealth, they are either considered expendable (unmanned) and the others fly above SAM missile range or are deployed once the early-warning systems and SAM's in immediate range have been destroyed EC-130H is deployed last....its a converted cargo aircraft that now has a fully equipped electronic warfare command with 13+ on board. It receives all the collected information i.e. frequency of SAM sites and radar scanning patterns...then continues to jam or disrupt these signals...to prevent effective of targeting of the actual strike-force of which f-35 will be a part The 'stealth' as i mentioned is there as insurance, in case we missed a SAM and for air-air scan from enemy aircraft....again once the f-35 detects which frequence in the electromagnetic spectrum the scan is operating...it starts trying to jam that signal as well as sending info to EC130H....who with a cargo plane full of electronic-warfare equipment will have that disrupted note | We (US) have way way more birds and systems under electronic warfare command....those are just a few examples

IIRC, RADAR would pick up hits from the exhaust plume.

In 1968, Chinese tracked an A12 Cygnus flying over Beijing and was over Hanoi in 15 mins.

Way ahead of its time its a classic like a 57 chevy

Where?? I went to the one in Georgia.

The CIA was tasked with buying the titanium by setting up fake companies in Europe.

I bet that finding out where the titanium went made them angry birds.

@Derpster ...probably, but then again they probably found out years (maybe decades) later because design was top secret...:)

Krunoslav Šokić I'd definitely love to hear that one heheh

Krunoslav Šokić There is a documentary here on YT somewhere about the CIA buying the titanium. I know i watched it a little over a year ago but i don't remember the title.

Hmmm

MrSkyl1ne Honestly...U'd more terrified than be amazed, the Super secret R&D department's of most developed countries have a good laugh behind the public's back & must be head over heels mocking us of our primitive amazement of a simple machine like SR-71. DON'T GET ME WRONG, i' m just saying this cause i've had a small glimpse of what's behind closed door & what's truly the most advanced humanity has!

MrSkyl1ne yeah, the rail gun is old, I bet they have very advanced weapons that could destroy any threat, why tell?

darpa working hard

I often wonder the same thing. I am young enough to find out in the future (probably) which will be cool, I imagine its all unmanned and hopefully fast enough to make this old gem look slow.

@@matthewlawton9241 What are you talking about? I was talking about the plane zippy. The guy explaining everything was a Colonel in the Air Force. So what is your point? Did you forget to take your meds?

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Quite a follow on aircraft from the U-2, almost completely the opposite to the U-2 in fact. The U-2 was all about extreme range and extreme altitude without support, flying what is essentially a glider with a jet engine, whereas the SR-71 was raw power, Mach 3, exotic materials on the cutting edge of science, numerous air to air refuelling cycles and an early form of Stealth. Quite the contrast.

Chris DIYer 😙

We really did. My dad was a hot shot engineer back then & when I was a kid I got to go to a Bbq with several of the Apollo pilots. Unfortunately, I was to young to recall that but I do recall meeting the Thunderbirds & going to a bunch of air shows & getting the VIP treatment. Unfortunately, lots of that stuff was because we were competing with the USSR & our focus changed when they collapsed. Imagine where we would be now as far as air & space travel had we continued development at the pace we were in the 60's & 70's.

War conventional or Cold with a *Super Power* is a great catalyst for innovation 0:18 I can't imagine what our 'black-budget' aircraft can do now...... I can't even get my head around an optical technology taking images *72 miles wide* while travelling at a minimum speed of *Mach 3* (the operational directive to reduce likelihood of being shot-down by wither a SAM or Interceptor aircraft) There's a video on YT where an SR-71 pilot during his presentation mentions seeing through his window a Soviet supplied Norther Korean SAM .... _it missed_ ; the backseat EWO had detected the SAM prior to launch and was jamming it. Note, this was a mission during the backen of the Vietnam War. Even more crazy is the operation life of these ground breaking aircraft over hostile areas with the technological capability to perhaps shoot it down. Its so short.......then they just run missions over DAESH/ISIS/ISIL territories

We didn't belittle intelligence.

Upmost respect to US engineers, scientists and pilots of that era. I am an engineer and I look up to these old school masterpieces. To be like these people is to be good engineer. As a former soldier I also admire pilots flying over hostile area full of missiles ready to launch.