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From: hinojosa@hp-sdd.hp.com (Daniel Hinojosa)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st, rumors regarding SR-71
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Date: 15 Mar 89 15:08:59 GMT
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In article <7593@june.cs.washington.edu> robertb@uw-june.UUCP (Robert Bedichek) writes:
>ron@nbife.NBI.COM (Ron Schweikert) writes:
>>There were many other rumors.  Heard any good ones you'd like me to comment
>>on?
>
>Yes, check this one out: when the SR-71 has been flying fast its skin
>glows red hot.  This one was told to me by someone (I can't remember
>who) who insisted this was true.


I find this whole discussion about the SR-71 totally fascinating. Peter
Yee asked whether this had anything to do with the Space Shuttle. Well
I'd say not directly, however the chaps who fly these pups are the
next closest thing to Astronauts.

On my wall here I have a poster of an SR-71 from Lockheed. It is taken
while the bird is in flight. Looks like the photo was taken from a
fuel tanker, looking out the back (do do do, looking out my back door)
down to the left. I make note of this because you can see part of the 
pilot through the left portion of the cockpit. 

It is fairly clear. The 'pilot' is wearing a silver looking suit, much
like the Mercury astronauts, and a helmet much the same. Too, looking
at it from this angle, you get a better image of the wing span. Rather
reminds me of the shuttle. I've got to believe like much of the rest of 
our progress in the arena of aviation, portions of this design found 
their way into the design of the shuttle. 
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