On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:05:27 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 6:45:09 PM UTC-5, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 3:27:11 PM UTC-5, amdx wrote:
Never mind, I found one.
http://www.amazon.com/Lockheed-SR-71.../dp/0857331566


Mikek

I drive past the one on display in New York on the way to one of
my
customers. I wonder if it will *ever* stop looking like the
coolest
thing that ever flew?

And maybe, with the help of this exhaustive (160 pages!) book, me
&
the boys will get it started up and take it out for a ride.

http://www.blackbirds.net/sr71/index.html


I didn't have this bookmarked and had to search:
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/

Jim - this is a tremendous find! Now I'll be up all night reading it,
but it ought to give me more than enough info to get the bird off the
ground. The really hard part is that it's on the deck of an aircraft
carrier which is, in my estimation, somewhat shorter than the required
8,500 feet to get the thing in the air. Of course, we could fire up
the catapult, but that's a whole other can of worms.

Seriously, though, this is going to be some interesting reading, and
it WILL keep me up at night. Thanks for the link.

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I wonder if the pilots really memorize and strictly observe all those
temperature restrictions and limits. The CIT limit of 427C is easy if
you're into hot Chevys but the others would confuse me, and I have
four temperature readouts visible from this chair to monitor and
respond to; indoors, outdoors, the basement wood stove and a pot
heating on it.

-jsw

I think that you will find that they do although the instruments are
marked with red and green tape to show the safe and unsafe readings.
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Cheers,

John B.