Poll: SR-71 or Eurofighter

Would you have an SR-71 or a Eurofighter?

  • I am a manly man and would have the SR-71

    Votes: 513 70.7%

  • I am a homosexual and would prefer the Eurofighter, kthx

    Votes: 213 29.3%
  • Total voters
    726
EsaT said:
How many missiles Eurofighter has outrun?
(or will ever be able to outrun)
"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Pretty much covers it if there's any incoming fire.

And while Blackbird doesn't look so maneuverable it looks like it's going fast even when sitting on runway.

http://www.mobiledyne.com/images/j58_1498x769.jpg
http://users.acninc.net/padipaul/pnl015_07_06/huskie_humor.htm
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Hehe. :D I like this.

"I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my back-seater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope. I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its ground speed. "90 knots", Center replied. Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same. "120 knots", Center answered. We weren't the only ones proud of our ground speed that day as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, "Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests ground speed readout." There was a slight pause. Then the response, "525 knots on the ground, Dusty." Another silent pause. As I was thinking to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming from my back-seater. It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison. "Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?" There was a longer than normal pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots" (That's about 2004.658 mph for those who don't know)
No further inquiries were heard on that frequency."
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If you voted for the SR71 - you might be interested in this

Its a custom Lego Kit of the famous SR71 - All the bits, instructions and a nice box. NOT AN OFFICIAL LEGO KIT - NOT A LEGO PRODUCT.

But does contain 100% genuine Lego bricks.

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slybynight said:
Its a custom Lego Kit of the famous SR71 - All the bits, instructions and a nice box. NOT AN OFFICIAL LEGO KIT - NOT A LEGO PRODUCT.

But does contain 100% genuine Lego bricks.

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Oh my, I really shouldn't....

I really, really, really shouldn't.....
















*clicks*
 
Tefal said:
How many missiles has the Blackbird fired
(or will ever fire)


:p
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Funny you should say that....

Development for YF-12
In 1960 Lockheed started development of the Lockheed YF-12 interceptor, as a lower-cost replacement for the F-108. The GAR-9/ASG-18 were moved to this project. The F-12 would have featured four flip-open internal weapons bays on the chines behind the cockpit, one of these filled with electronics. The F-12B bays were too small for the GAR-9, so the GAR-9B was developed with flip-out fins to reduce its diameter.
Test firings of the GAR-9A from the prototype F-12As resulted in six kills from seven launches, the lone miss due to a missile power failure (there were several non-guiding test launches as well). The missile was renamed AIM-47 in the fall of 1962 as part of the transition to common naming for aerospace vehicles across the U.S. Department of Defense in 1962. The last launch was from a YF-12 flying at Mach 3.2 and an altitude of 74,400 feet (22,677 m) at a QB-47 target drone 500 feet (152 m) off the ground.[2]
In 1966, the F-12 project was cancelled just as the F-108 had been. Another project which expressed an interest in the design was the XB-70 Valkyrie, a bomber which could have carried the AIM-47 for self-defense. This aircraft was also cancelled after Soviet deployment of effective high-altitude surface-to-air missiles made high-altitude attacks on the Soviet Union impractical.
In all, Hughes had built some 80 pre-production AIM-47 missiles.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-47_Falcon

http://thelexicans.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/yf12cutaway.gif

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?20021-XAIM-47A-launch-video&p=253659#post253659
 
Great read on the SR-71:

SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane [Hardcover]

Richard H. Graham

Can be had for £16.75.
 
DRZ said:
If you had to choose which one of these badboys was parked on your driveway, which one would you choose?

I am in the SR-71 camp myself - a plane that will do 2,300mph and simply accelerated to prevent getting hit by surface to air missiles is WAY cooler than the Eurofighter.

What says OcUK?
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Eurofighter as the sr71 would make a mess on your driverway. Due to the altitude and speed they flew at they had to make parts slightly smaller as they expand whilst flying, this meant that they used to leak oil and fuel :) also the plane is next to useless now as satelites do a better job of taking aerial photos lol

Still a gorgous plane though, i went on holiday to america when i was younger, we drove past a plane museum and they had one of these. They let me in for free as i was so excited to see one in real life lol
 
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