"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 04/30/2014 at 13:09 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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To this day, I can't think of any other aircraft that has the level of presence that the SR-71 Blackbird does.

HammerheadFistpunch > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:11

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You're only saying that cause its 100% true.

William Byrd > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:16

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I dare say any machine.

ly2v8-Brian > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:19

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You're supposed to put a NSFW tag on these posts.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > ly2v8-Brian 04/30/2014 at 13:20

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Maybe next time lol.

user314 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:24

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Only because this got cancelled:

Grindintosecond > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:30

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I agree with that. but if the NASM ever does the restoration of the Horton flying wing in their Maryland storage building, it will have some competition.

Jayhawk Jake > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:43

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Presence? Yeah, no, plenty of airplanes have the same presence

EDIT: Kinja went full retard and I don't have time to fix it.

Pictures of AN-225, H-1 Hercules, B-1 Lancer, F-117 Nighthawk, B-2 Spirit, and Concorde go here

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 13:48

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I call your Blackbird and raise you a Warthog and Fortress.

( the Pilot is even cheesing the camera)

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > user314 04/30/2014 at 13:56

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unpredictable_swerve > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 14:04

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10\10 would hoon.

thedevilinside > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 14:05

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Not sure what presence means here, but the U2 might match it. I like the SR71 better, but the U2 is more useful I think.

user314 > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits 04/30/2014 at 14:24

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Yeah, all of that.

I'd love to have seen what they would have done with the paint scheme if the Valk had gone into service. Keep it white? Unpainted silver/titanium? B-52 style SEA colors?

Viggen > user314 04/30/2014 at 15:00

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A B-70 would have probably stayed in anti-flash white up until the mid 1970s. I can't see the B-70 adopting SEA but possibly the SIOP scheme and eventually SAC's three tone grey scheme from the late 1980s.

ttyymmnn > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) 04/30/2014 at 16:07

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B-17 bomb load (short mission): 8000 lbs

A-10 bomb load: 16,000 lbs

The B-17 is surprisingly small. I remember the first time I heard that an F-4 carried more bombs than a B-17. My young mind was blown.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > thedevilinside 04/30/2014 at 16:23

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The feeling you get when it's around, an aura if you will.

Axial > user314 04/30/2014 at 19:53

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Nah, SR-71 would still trump it. The XB-70 is bigger, but the lines are also more awkward. It also doesn't have those ridiculously awesome and oversized engine nacelles. Seriously, the SR-71 looks like something out of a comic book...in a good way.

thedevilinside > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 04/30/2014 at 22:46

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In that case it dwarfs the U2