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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.Enough Said.
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If your talking about the in-take's, those are protective pads that i call "plugs" to protect from the effects of weather. This plane was my dream to fly...damn lymphnodes.
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I read somewhere that the official description of that paint color was [a long Federal Stock Number I can't remember] Indigo Blue. The one I saw at the USAF Weapons Museum sure looked black, even in full sunlight. Perhaps in the light of a nuclear explosion it's blue.
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Indigo blue? Talk about odd. "Real" indigo is nowhere near black in colour.
But yeah, maybe if a nuclear bomb goes off, it'll appear blue.
What I'd like to see are the two tone versions, the ones that are silver and black.
I dunno if there are any left, they may have all been painted solid black.
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Ive alwayes wondered. Why the hell are the engines Red?
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They're not. Those red things are GSD covers installed over the intakes and at the exaust outlet. GSD stands for Grit, Sh*t, Debris.
Basically, they keep dirt, grime, etc out. And since this Blackbird is a display machine, it keeps birds and rats out of the engines.
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Lets frien this old bird up.
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*Enginmnes exploed into feathers* Whoops
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That would be hard to explane
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I'd imagine so. XD
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Ya our super expensive plane was taken down my a chicken in the intake
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I dunno if a bird strike could take down a Blackbird in flight. The opening is fairly small...odds are the bird would hit the shock cone before it went into the intake. Plus, the engines are incredibly strong and resilient; because of the Blackbird's Mach 3.2 performance, the engines need to be built tougher than normal so as to handle the higher stresses and temperatures. The engine is almost all titanium and steel, so a bird strike might not do too much to it.
Plus...a bird strike could only happen at the lower altitudes. Up where the Blackbird normally flies, 82,000 feet, birds are not a threat because of a biological impossibility for them to get that high.
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A brd damn near in outer space... A space chicken then? XD ya i know that. but still its funny to imagine
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That would be weird. XD
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Aliens attack. VIA BIRD! XD
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That would be hard to explane
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Oh and did I mention that this particular blackbird flew for 10 + hours straight? (I think this is the one, I'm not too sure)
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No, I don't believe you did.
Well, until just now. XD
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At the Virginia Aviation Museum, located on the ground of Richmond International Airport, Richmond, Virgina.
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Indeed. There's an F-14D Super Tomcat parked beside it. Its my featured deviation here in my gallery.
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yet another museum to add to my list lol
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"for further particulars,apply to the CIA...." Spy vs. Spy....
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those guys just crack me up....!
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Heh. Yeah. they're awesome. About the only thing that makes MAD tv worth watching. XD
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they should have their own show....!
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always my fave part of the magazine....!
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Never read the magazine, but I'd see them in the tv show. They were pretty much the only good thing about the show. XD
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He's in several that I've seen. XD
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That's putting it lightly. Did his counterpart for the White faction ever appear in the series? I dont' recall seeing him.
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in one,at least. another Military Dictator-type.
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Ah.
And of course. The only difference between the White Spy faction and the Black Spy faction is the colour of their coats.
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Yup. Or, same crap, different pile. XD
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same sXXt,different day,bigger pile....
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