SR-71 BLACKBIRD TITANIUM

 

 

Here is a very cool item. It's an M-6 SCOUT, USAF AIR CREW SURVIVAL SYSTEM.

From the Springfield Armory, contracted manufacturer CZECH REPUBLIC.

This great little 22 LR / 410 Cal Combo is perfect for the backpacker in the back country.

Push out the pin and the gun breaks down into two pieces, ammo in stored in the compartment within the stock.

The unique trigger allows firing with mittens or heavy gloves.

Check out this link--  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout 

 

 

This is one of the largest surviving pieces of titanium from Article 2016, SR-71 61-7965.

Upon close examination you can see the Skunk Works Fabricators layout lines and dimensioning details.

It is simply amazing that this survived one of the higest velocity impacts of a manned jet aircraft in world history.

It was estimated to hit the ground between 1200 and 1400 mph.

Less than 2/10ths of the 60,000 lb aircraft survived total vaporization.

 

The skin side reveals black emisive paint and scorch marks.

MACH 3 GOLF FAN
For a quick round of golf this little cart comes in handy.
A resto-mod “vintage” 1971 Harley Davidson “OXCART” ???
This little speed demon now sports a custom K+N high flow intake system and a custom exhaust expansion chamber.
They’ll surly hear you coming in this baby. But beware of the golf course police it may be a bit radical for your local club and they may try to ban you from the greens, that is if they can catch you.

 

 

 

Hi Dan,
My enthusiasm for the SR-71 started at an early age - that's me in the attached photo, at the end of a rainy airshow.
I don't know the exact date of the photo, but the board in front of the SR-71 references the 1st Sept 1974 New York to London speed record, so that may well be 972 during it's two-week visit to England in Sept 1974. I don't think an SR-71 made any other public appearances in the UK until quite a few years later.
That would mean I was aged 7 at the time, which looks about right !
I also remember being at Mildenhall in 1986 when an SR-71 suffered a fuel surge in one engine during its display, and spouted a very impressive flame from the exhaust !
Cheers,
Paul.

This original and amazing historic 8x10 photo is the Model Blackbird Inlet used during testing at the NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in northern California. It’s mounted on its test stand inside the wind tunnel. The young NASA Aeronautical Engineering Technician working on it is my uncle Ron Freeman. He started with the NACA in 1958 and worked with NASA until 1965. He says they use to call us "Wind Tunnel Jockey’s". This 9 foot by 7 foot Super Sonic (SST) wind tunnel was used in testing the inlets and nose cone or (Spike). Proper inlet pressures and shock wave position was tested at various angles of attack by pivoting the model on its mount.

Just as described in the book “Skunk Works” by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos. See chapter nine,

 “FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET”