SR-71: PILOT’S SEAT

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Жыл бұрын

Step aboard the most Legendary Aircraft ever produced, the SR-71 Blackbird.
This video is the Pilot’s Seat, of
SR-71 Blackbird #971. Her permanent home is Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon USA.
It is the most complete Blackbird on display, including her ladder, featured in this video.
A tribute to the Engineering Marvel that is the SR-71, to the people that brought her to life, maintained her, and rode with them into the heavens.
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Пікірлер: 65

@docohm50 10 ай бұрын

I remember finishing ejection seat certs and at 19 sitting in the cockpit as a avionics technician in 1982 at Beale. I am 60 today but I will always remember that.

@Dad_Woof 9 ай бұрын

Very special

@borntoclimb7116 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the footage

@bawintermage8351 Жыл бұрын

Something about old school mechanical gages that makes a plane and plane.

@easygoing2479 Жыл бұрын

It's like peering into the cockpits of NASA's early space capsules, Mercury, and Gemini - it's like they built them using tin snips, and went to the local Radio Shack to pick up a bucket or two of switches, wire, and solder.

@michaellooney1089 10 ай бұрын

I doubt you could use tin snips on the Titanium!@@easygoing2479

@Riomoviefan 3 ай бұрын

My God....buttons and knobs are everywhere... and that throttle must have been the fun part of the job..... now that was being in the fast and furious making of the movie lol... the gforces must have been insane and pretty sure some people got sick flying this beast. Amazing video

@Dad_Woof 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, it was fun to make for sure.

@richkuban2027 11 ай бұрын

Such a high tech machine of the time controlled so old school. More respect for the pilots and maintainers!

@Dad_Woof 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely. An engineering marvel.

@rogerioiafelix6460 26 күн бұрын

Máquina incrível!!!👏👏👏

@Dad_Woof 26 күн бұрын

It is indeed!

@timothylessing4774 11 ай бұрын

Imagine how nice it would be to sit in RL-206 !¡!¡!¡! I guarantee that cockpit would be A-1 spectacular, 100% Tops 👍👍👍👍👍

@michaelwalsh7846 22 күн бұрын

Never push into full AB without shouting "hold on".

@Dad_Woof 21 күн бұрын

Love it.

@steliannikolov4163 Ай бұрын

Imagine this plane is sixty years old ...

@Dad_Woof Ай бұрын

A pure engineering marvel.

@danfreeman9079 3 ай бұрын

Glad they saved some of the GHE. They wanted us to cut it all up at the end of the program in 1990.

@Dad_Woof 3 ай бұрын

That would have been a shame for sure.

@marcknight4568 2 ай бұрын

Like a gran Prix car with a mixing studio.

@michaellooney1089 10 ай бұрын

My favourite aircraft, 93% Titanium (bought from the Russians!!), a superb piece of engineering! I've machined Titanium, so know how tough it is - you ALWAYS had to have a fire extinguisher by your machine!

@thecatthinks 10 ай бұрын

That is NUTS! I have read about the difficulty of machining titanium...But my knowledge of it is probably about 1% of what is actually involved. My only experience with anything military was a stint in the Airborne. Infantry.

@michaellooney1089 10 ай бұрын

I was running a component in the machine one day, then realised I'd forgot to blow the swarf out from previous component, thinking, oh hell, this component will be marked now!! I let it finish, took component out - not a sign of a mark anywhere! It must've been in the chuck.@@thecatthinks

@michaellooney1089 10 ай бұрын

I was machining a different component once, and trying to cut a straight surface... that stuff is SO tough, it literally bounces the cutter back, and you get a slightly curved surface!! Thankfully, I never needed my fire extinguisher. Apparently, when it over-heats (caused by blunt cutter), it burns like the Magnesium experiment at school.@@thecatthinks

@brianmcallister114 10 ай бұрын

How on earth can a pilot be familiar with all these controls and know when to use them? KUDO s to the SR71 pilots.

@michaellooney1089 10 ай бұрын

Even the wing tips are specially shaped!!

@007eve1 Жыл бұрын

I want to go in there I love ❤️ the SR71

@nunya4795 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the bugs bunny cartoon he's in the pilot seat and see's 150 switches and just happened to pick the ONE button that made it start!

@george-wg6ug 11 ай бұрын

No cup holder ?

@Dad_Woof 5 ай бұрын

There’s room on the starboard panel 😉

@18890426 9 ай бұрын

Very informative and educational video, thanks

@bernie2108 Жыл бұрын

A tad different to my C150, and more switches than my 7 series ! LOL great vid, we have one at Duxford but no up close sigh.....

@nagoyajapanokashiyamanaka7526 9 ай бұрын

ありがとう❗️

@russhartley4964 11 ай бұрын

After paying my dues for ten years I started my corporate jet career by first flying a Dasault Falcon 20, then we stepped up to a Lockheed Jetstar II. Both designed in the 60s and built in the early 70s. That cockpit looks familiar.

@andrelabbe5315 Жыл бұрын

Magnigique wow merci une beauté a voir

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you

@jimburnsjr. Жыл бұрын

wow that thing was worked... looks like my lathe.. earned it's keep.

@mikeking7381 Жыл бұрын

The Habu 👍

@sjwilloughby-greene8214 Жыл бұрын

Great video. ♡♡♡

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@robertstrickland2121 9 ай бұрын

I wonder what was below the HSI?

@Dad_Woof 9 ай бұрын

A map projector.

@cummins12valve57 Жыл бұрын

WOW!!!

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

It’s pretty special

@rdubb77 11 ай бұрын

Got it all except for the moving map display screen

@Dad_Woof 11 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. That’s the only thing missing from the RSO seat too.

@Tilb16 Жыл бұрын

A little more complex than my 1959 Ford Zephyr

@coleymoke6709 11 ай бұрын

Seems like a lot to keep up with.

@thebomb78 10 ай бұрын

This may sound silly but it looks so... mechanical...

@Viethist Жыл бұрын

I expected something more complex inside!!!

@Dad_Woof 11 ай бұрын

Old school analog

@gillesbueno1153 11 ай бұрын

Where in the USA is displayed this airplane please ? Answer: ___________, thanks a lot!

@Dad_Woof 11 ай бұрын

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in Oregon USA

@AR-pm9nv Жыл бұрын

Some of those switches are really far behind you in there. Did realize that.

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

They were hard to reach for the pilot wearing a pressure suit and gloves. The RSO knew them by heart, and could direct the pilot using voice to find the correct ones.

@xabysebastian529 Жыл бұрын

How come when I came there were no stairs available?

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

The stairs were setup for the Father’s Day Symposium. They have since been removed. If you come in 2025 for the next one, you will be able to climb up there and sit in both seats 👍

@Miniiikl 9 ай бұрын

Where?

@Dad_Woof 9 ай бұрын

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

@jermaup02 11 ай бұрын

engineers were crazy, why so many dials, buttons and gauges, either you read the big measurements like in a laboratory or you fly the plane, not both

@Dad_Woof 11 ай бұрын

A lot going on to make that bird fly. Some gauges only become useful at speed and altitude, while others become obsolete at the same time. Lots of things to keep track of though.

@stefanolunardi9655 Жыл бұрын

Non sembra possibile che questo aereo ha 60 anni.

@danielcarmichael8961 11 ай бұрын

Don’t make ‘em like they used to

@emster88 Жыл бұрын

great video - but please remove that awful music. What is the point of it?

@Dad_Woof Жыл бұрын

The point of it, all my videos revolve around accompanying music, and this particular song is the USAF theme song. I agree, it’s not my favorite, but I really made this video as a tribute to the aircraft, and I thought it fitting to use their theme song from the period for it 👍