Even more amazing there isn't anything (?) more advanced today.
When I was stationed at Hill AFB I learned to truly appreciate the F16. Loved when someone important was around and they would do a "demo run".
I was this close to joining up and heading down to the Falklands when Argentina decided on their bit of mischief. I think that I stayed glued to the tv the entire time. What I don't understand is why GB did not use the Victors. They were faster, had longer ranges, and carried more conventional bombs.
Thanks for providing the video, Charlie. It gave me goose bumps. I'm still watching it but I have to get some stuff done this morning...like work.
it's ok... SR-72 on it's way....If the -71 was too expensive to operate the -72 most assuredly will be.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170463-lockheed-unveils-sr-72-hypersonic-mach-6-scramjet-spy-plane
Charlie, you'll never believe this but I stopped in an Antique store in Verona, Virginia after a job and came across a picture, fully framed, of the Avro Vulcan. Couldn't believe it and now I have to find a place to hang it. Course, this is also the area where I found an IBM synchronized clock...
If the -71 was too expensive to operate the -72 most assuredly will be.
The big problem with the -71 is all the tooling to make parts was ordered destroyed while the craft were still in use.
Notice they say the -71 was put in service in '66? The planes were built in '61, as evidenced by their serial numbers.
I have a couple friends who were part of the U2 and SR program. They have some neat stories from their travels around the world with HABU.
I like this one.
Boeing 747 jumbo jet stuck after mistakenly landing at tiny Kansas airport.
The airfield where the plane landed is around thousand feet too short for the huge airplane to take off (SAFELY)