Air & Space Museum: Blackbird

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 04/12/2019 at 10:25 • Filed to: Ground Speed Check, Air & space museum, SR-71, Blackbird

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‘nuff said

Chariotoflove > Agrajag 04/12/2019 at 10:30

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If Darth Vader had a personal plane, it would be this. Heck, they should modeled his shuttle after it. 

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Chariotoflove 04/12/2019 at 10:32

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They kinda did.

facw > Agrajag 04/12/2019 at 10:32

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It’s so incredibly badass to walk in the door approach that first platform and see the SR-71 and Discovery laid out in front of you. The architects got that one right.

Chariotoflove > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/12/2019 at 10:35

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Blackbird looks more sinister. 

facw > Chariotoflove 04/12/2019 at 10:45

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Now imagine the YF-12 armed with 3 nuclear tipped air-to-air missiles...

They would have to fix the stupid looking nose though.

Ash78, voting early and often > Agrajag 04/12/2019 at 10:53

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Noice. I mentioned our prior trips there — I forgot I had posted this one in early 2016:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-ultimate-ground-speed-check-1760771045

I can’t believe my son was ever this tiny...

Chariotoflove > facw 04/12/2019 at 10:55

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Nuclear tipped air to air?

This thread is starting to give me a chubby. 

facw > Chariotoflove 04/12/2019 at 11:03

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The AIM-47 Falcon missile was designed to be equipped with a 250 ton W42 nuclear warhead (there was also a conventional version). This would both be devastating against the sort of tight packed bomber formations used in WWII, and would of course greatly increase the chance of hit on a single bomber. With only enough space for three missiles (tighter packing of the fire control system may have allowed a fourth), they wanted to make sure every shot counted.

user314 > facw 04/12/2019 at 11:04

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Had the F-12B gone into production, the nose would have received a partial chine, and the folding ventral fin would have been deleted:

facw > user314 04/12/2019 at 11:05

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Definitely an improvement.

benn454 > Agrajag 04/12/2019 at 12:04

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 Totally appropriate that it's sitting next to Discovery. If those two could talk...

benn454 > facw 04/12/2019 at 12:06

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That is both incredibly awesome and incredibly terrifying. 

wafflesnfalafel > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/12/2019 at 23:16

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Agrajag > Chariotoflove 04/12/2019 at 23:54

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I always thought Amidala’s ship looked like a scrunched shiny blackbird.

Agrajag > Ash78, voting early and often 04/12/2019 at 23:58

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Looks like he had a blast.

I wanted to take my 4 year old nephew but my brother didn’t think he’d make it through Apollo 11 without a hissy fit.

Agrajag > facw 04/12/2019 at 23:58

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Yeah. I didn’t know the layout and had a bit of a crisis as I walked to the edge.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 11:13

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Did you find the J58 hiding behine the F15?

Chariotoflove > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 23:03

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Yep. But nothing can look sinister with all that chrome.

Wouldn’t it be kinda tragically poetic if Vader had made his own ship into a twisted, sinister perversion of hers?

Agrajag > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/13/2019 at 23:38

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I did!

Agrajag > Chariotoflove 04/13/2019 at 23:41

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That would’ve been awesome .

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 23:59

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Hnnnnnnngggggg!