GTP Alternative Cool Wall: 1964-1968 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

[Dan]

No. Subzero is not enough for this:

No. Not Subzero. It's more like... Blackbird.

Is that stuff on top of the plane fuel that was leaking?

 

[BKGlover]

I can only assume it is.

Concorde is awesome, this is other-worldly, and the pic in the OP about sums up the menacing "I will destroy you" look I love. Mach 3, intimidating, edge of space flight, and that design is simple but it works from every angle. The two things that keep it from perfection are that it can't hold its fuel on the ground, and that the tooling was ordered destroyed when it was shown publicly. That said, 2 degrees Kelvin is still Sub Zero.

Is there a museum with both Concorde AND a Blackbird in it's possession?

 

[Turtle]

Is there a museum with both Concorde AND a Blackbird in it's possession?

Udvar-Hazy, if my memory isn't, well, hazy.

Edit:Wikipedia says it has both.

 

[Exorcet]

Is that stuff on top of the plane fuel that was leaking?

It's probably fuel from a KC-135 tanker.

Is there a museum with both Concorde AND a Blackbird in it's possession?

Intrepid Air, Sea, Space Museum in New York has the A-12, Concorde, and Enterprise.

 

[Dan]

It's probably fuel from a KC-135 tanker.

Why didn't I think of that?

Pictures of the front of fighter jets in flight are almost always taken from refueling jets.

 

[MatskiMonk]

SR-71 is SZ...

It looks awesome, and it's quick... I guess... kinda...

This was quicker... Mach 6.7 (4519 mph), and a max altitude of 67 miles...

 

[Beeblebrox237]

SR-71 is SZ...

It looks awesome, and it's quick... I guess... kinda...

This was quicker... Mach 6.7 (4519 mph), and a max altitude of 67 miles...

But it can't take off under its own power, so it loses cool points for that.

 

[MatskiMonk]

But it can't take off under its own power, so it loses cool points for that.

I don't know, that moment when the mothership lets you go... got to be a hell of a rush...

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I don't know, that moment when the mothership lets you go... got to be a hell of a rush...

It's really nothing more than a rocket, it must have been incredible to fly.

 

[JMoney]

Current rating is 1.95. This could be even cooler than the Miura.

 

[Cano]

Current rating is 1.95. This could be even cooler than the Miura.

It IS cooler than the miura. It's cooler than anything else.

 

[Valkyr1313]

The SR-71 was named Project Oxcart by the government. That along with the fact that it had a limited top speed of Mach 3.3 (none of this limited to 155mph crap) means that if there was something beyond Sub-Zero, this would be it. Can't we do a Top Gear-esque SR-71 Super Sub-Zero Cool Locker?

 

[Wiegert]

The SR-71 was named Project Oxcart by the government. That along with the fact that it had a limited top speed of Mach 3.3 (none of this limited to 155mph crap) means that if there was something beyond Sub-Zero, this would be it. Can't we do a Top Gear-esque SR-71 Super Sub-Zero Cool Locker?

C-ZETA Already provided a name. It just needs to be implemented.

'The SR-71's Hangar' is a much better name than 'Steve McQueen's Garage'.

Way, way beyond a simple Ice Box.

 

[yabiggoose]

Beyond the cool wall. Sub zero of all time.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Current rating is 1.95. This could be even cooler than the Miura.

According to my calculations, it's 1.84ish.

 

[MoLiEG]

So not even the freakin' Blackbird can't beat the Miura???

 

[Small_Fryz]

To be fair we had 6 idiots vote meh.

Should remove them from the calculation as they clearly have no-🤬-idea.

 

[Turtle]

We should actually just have them all banned.

 

[Carlos]

I'm reading the book 'Sled Driver' now and for the past few days and it's really a good book to read This plane is so awesome!

 

[Dan]

I'm reading the book 'Sled Driver' now and for the past few days and it's really a good book to read This plane is so awesome!

Looks interesting... but the price is dreadful.