I saw the Concord come in to Portland, OR back in 90's. The tower called it
"speed bird". I did have a camera. They offered a flight towards Hawaii
where the plane would reach mach 1. There were few takers for the $1000 a
seat flight, so it was lowered to $500 a seat. Had I had the bucks I woul
formation.
Bill
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From: "Jim Apilado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:56 AM
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> I saw the Concord come in to Portland, OR back in 90's. The tower called
i
I suspect that you would have been disappointed in the Mach 1 flight. While there
was a lot of shaking and buffeting in the early supersonic planes, in modern
aircraft it is a nonevent that you can tell only by the mach meter. (I flew in
fighter jets that could easily breadk Mach 1, and I flew ov
Hi,
living here in London (England!) I see it quite often, most recently
this weekend. Even though it's quite a commonplace sight, people still
stop to look. It's an amazing piece of work and a great pity it's on
the way out. I wish they'd sell it to Virgin so it could keep flying.
I first saw it
On 2/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>The radio call "speed bird" would signify it was a British Airways Concorde.
>Whereas most airlines use the company name and flight number, for example
>"United 1234", British Airways uses "speedbird", as in "Speedbird 1234".
>
>Just a bit of useless infor
"Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
> On 2/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
> >The radio call "speed bird" would signify it was
level disappears.
Jim A.
> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Stanley, Powers & Matyola
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:11:31 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
> Resent
It really is an impressive looking plane, isn't it? A few years ago now, when I was
in graduate school, the group that I worked in built remote sensors for measuring
mobile-source NOx emissions. I had the good fortune of travelling to Heathrow, at the
request of BA, to set our instrument up at
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>JJ tells of some radio chatter between pilots and air traffic control
>that he heard. An SR-71 Blackbird called to request clearance as it had
>entered this particular ATC area, and asked if it could have flight level
>670. The controller replied with a sarcastic
Probably not, unless the SR-71 had a transponder turned on.
Bill
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From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:44 PM
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> Cotty <[EMAI
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>I like that story, and it's probably true.
>
>BTW, the term "flight level" begins at 18,000 feet. Up until that altitude,
>altimeters are set to closest local setting, but above 18,000 altimeters are
>set to standard pressure of 29.92.
Thanks Bill. Looks
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>In my current life I work for NOAA, building and operating instruments on
>NASA high-altitude research planes. We often work out of military
>facilities because they can support these specialized aircraft. A few
>years ago we were at Edwards AFB in Calif
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> I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff
due
> to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I
> think) and they ha
>
> I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff due
> to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I
> think) and they had to develop new low flashpoint fuel for it.
>
> Anyone know if that's true or an urban legend?
(You mean "high flashpoin
flight engineer who looked after the
SR-71s that NASA used at Edwards AFB, California).
Really? You?
Simon
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Sent: Friday, 3 October 2003 10:12 AM
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>
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From: "Simon King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:28 PM
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> Hi John
> >(You mean "high flashpoint"
> Thanks, I d
ctober 2003 10:43 AM
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From: "Simon King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:28 PM
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> Hi
>
> >(This information comes from a retired flight engineer who looked after the
> SR-71s that NASA used at Edwards AFB, California).
> Really? You?
Nope. Someone I know from another usenet newsgroup.
The closest I've been to a Blackbird is watching one fly overhead
as I was leaving San Diego t
lightsim.
It's one plane I'd *really* like to fly in.
Simon
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From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 3 October 2003 12:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
>
> >(This information comes from a r
I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff due
to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I
think) and they had to develop new low flashpoint fuel for it.
Anyone know if that's true or an urban legend?
Simon
I believe that it is true. I rem
> different fuel then any other military plane, I'm not sure if it was because
> of high flight temps or the ambient temps and lack of oxygen at their
> cruising altitude.
Well, it was lots of things. But a major one was to stop the fuel
boiling away at the operating temperatures; the fuel was al
On 2/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff due
>to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I
>think) and they had to develop new low flashpoint fuel for it.
>
>Anyone know if that's true or an urban l
Bob Walkden a écrit:
Hi,
living here in London (England!) I see it quite often, most recently
this weekend. Even though it's quite a commonplace sight, people still
stop to look. It's an amazing piece of work and a great pity it's on
the way out. I wish they'd sell it to Virgin so it could keep f
On 3/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>>I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff due
>>to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I
>>think) and they had to develop new low flashpoint fuel for it.
>>
>>Anyone know if that's true or an ur
Interesting saying. It goes back a ways. You joined the army, did your
30 years, and they bought you a farm. It was about the only way poor
people could get land. So "bought the farm" came to mean your service
was over. How far back dose it go, to the Roman Legion at least.
However, I think the
A hovering Harrier is the loudest thing I've ever heard, at least that
went on and on and on and on... (GRIN)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<< LOL Surely the Vulcan will be missed by many of us that have taken part
in this thread. I have never *felt* anything remotely as loud as that
when it point
This will be my last post on this subject, but let me say I have really enjoyed it, as
far as off-topic threads go. One of the planes that we (at NOAA) have had the good
fortune to fly our instruments on is the NASA ER-2 (essentially a U2 "R" model with
less sophisticated electronics). The gro
>
> This will be my last post on this subject, but let me say
> I have really enjoyed it, as far as off-topic threads go.
To bring it back onto topic, somewhat:
A few years ago a SR-71 was supposed to be making a low, slow
pass over Moffett Field as part of their airshow. (It wasn't
exactly a s
I have also greatly enjoyed this thread
Peter Popp wrote:
> This will be my last post on this subject, but let me say I have really enjoyed it,
> as far as off-topic threads go.
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>The compound used to relight the engines at altitude in an emergency on
>the ER-2 (and U2) is hydrazine. A safety briefing is necessary every
>time you visit Dryden to work, and being aware of the alarm that sounds
>in the event of a hydrazine leak is one
Hydrazine will kill you in incredibly small amounts.
At 09:15 AM 10/3/03 -0600, you wrote:
This will be my last post on this subject, but let me say I have really
enjoyed it, as far as off-topic threads go. One of the planes that we (at
NOAA) have had the good fortune to fly our instruments on
I worked as a drag racing crew chief in the seventies on a super fuel
funny car. I occasionally added 2% hydrazine to our nitromethane/alcohol
fuel mixture (90% nitromethane, 8% alcohol, 2% hydrazine). Our Chrysler
hemi powered Corvette set a few mph records with that mix. The best was
237 mph in 6
J.H.C.!
237 mph in 6.35 seconds?
That's awesome _today_, according to ME!
Most Incredible!
Twice as fast as I 'drove' my old Piper Cub!
keith
Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
> I worked as a drag racing crew chief in the seventies on a super fuel
> funny car. I occasionally added 2% hydrazine to our ni
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From: "Anders Hultman"
Subject: RE: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
> Is this some kind of steerable hot air ballon?
No such thing. They go where the wind takes them. Some of the manufacturers
are putting steering vents on, but their sole functio
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>>Hot air balloon, that's more my cup of tea. We use a Squirrel for filming
>>big fires, major road accidents etc which means sitting in the cold with
>>the door off. I don't mind that but I avoid anything else where I can.
>
>Is this some kind of steerable
Cotty:
LOL. My bad juxtaposition of sentences I'm afraid. That first paragraph
should read:
Hot air balloon, that's more my cup of tea.
For filming big fires, major road accidents etc we use a Squirrel
(helicopter) which means sitting in the cold with the door off. I don't
mind that but I avoid a
CTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: OT:No camera=first Concord siting
> Cotty:
>
> >LOL. My bad juxtaposition of sentences I'm afraid. That first paragraph
> >should read:
> >
> >Hot air balloon, that's more
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