Turbojet Tuesday

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05/12/2015 at 12:56 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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I’m a Hustler, baby.

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DISCUSSION (10)


Kinja'd!!! KatzManDu > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 12:58

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One of my favorites! Who needs a B-1B when you have these?


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > KatzManDu
05/12/2015 at 12:59

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She was a beautiful bird.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:01

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Go pop some popcorn and watch this.


Kinja'd!!! MrPseudonym > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:03

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They looked ugly and odd.

Then again, I’m a fan of the ugly.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:06

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Dat supersonic bomb truckness.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > ttyymmnn
05/12/2015 at 13:10

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Is that Jimmy?


Kinja'd!!! whoarder is tellurium > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:11

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Mmmm B-58


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:22

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Yup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ste…


Kinja'd!!! Racescort666 > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 13:56

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It’s kind of crazy how fast aero-development was happening post WWII. 1946, the Bell X-1 has its first flight, then breaks the “sound barrier” in 1947. Less than 10 years later this bad boy has first flight and is designed to go double the mach number. Kind of crazy to think about that kind of leap in such a short time.

It kind of makes me sad to think about programs like the X-43 which had its first successful flight over 10 years ago and I haven’t really heard much about hypersonic scramjets since besides the X-51.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jcarr
05/12/2015 at 16:05

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Great story about the B-58 in the Smithsonian Air & Space magazine.

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