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Comment on jewel staite (2007-07-16 22:34:16)
I'll be in my bunk.
Comment on XB-70 Valkyrie (2007-07-10 02:01:46)
The Concorde came shortly after. The XB-70 started development in the late 50's with the first flight being in 64. The Concorde started development around 62 with fist flight in 69, just a few months after the final flight of the XB-70. But ya, they are fairly similar in size and design, even the tilting nose. The Concorde is around 20 feet longer with the XB-70 being a few feet wider. If you do a overlay of them, they look quite similar. I got to see the XB-70 in 2000, right next to it was a SR-71, of the 5 Blackbirds I have seen, that was the only dwarfed in scale and general coolness by the planes around it. I'm 6'2", when walking under it at the lowest point I could feel my hair just barely touching the bottom. And the 6 engines right next to each other are very impressive. The thing is massive. If interested, check out labiker.org/xb70.html its a great resource for Valkyrie info.
Comment on SR-71 Fleet Wallpaper (2007-07-09 02:07:41)
Ohh, and for a clearer picture of the above, check out habu.org/sr-71/17981aa.html
Comment on SR-71 Fleet Wallpaper (2007-07-09 02:05:11)
WhiskeyTango, on the YF-12, you are 1/2 right. 3 YF-12s were built. 60-6936 crashed in 1971, both pilots ejected safely. 60-6935 went to the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH in 1979 where it has been ever since. The above photo was taken in 1990 at Beale AFB in CA, so neither of those aircraft could have been involved. The final YF-12, 60-6934, was involved in a landing accident in 1966 where the front half of the plane was trashed. The Skunk Works took the front of a static test model and paired it with the rear of the YF-12 and converted it into a SR-71, 61-7981. It quickly gained the nickname "The Bastard" because it all ways pulled to the side (left if I remember right, been a few years since I read the book about it) and as this was before modern fly by wire systems, the pilots had to put extra pressure on the flight stick to keep it going straight. On a long flight, the pilots were drained from the extra strength involved and constant course corrections not needed in the other Blackbirds, hence the name. Anyway, the point to all of that, half of a YF-12 is in that picture, it's the Blackbird at the very top. Also, all the aircraft are SR-71's. The final flight of an A-12 was 1968. The above picture was operational Blackbirds at Beale just before the first decommissioning. And one final thing, at one point the YF-12's were going to "blow something the fuck up". If memory serves their were 12 missile launches, with 8 of them hitting the targets dead center at mach 3.2 It was decided not to pursue it because they were so fraking fast nothing could catch up with them and of course budgets, at one point around 100 were ordered until that was nixed down to 3. Yes, I'm a total Blackbird junkie, no, I don't have a life :p
Comment on SR-71 Wallpaper (2007-07-06 17:05:42)
Unfortunately, all the Blackbirds are retired. The first retirement was around '88, then 3 were brought back into service in the early 90's, but killed again in 97. The last flight of a Blackbird was in 99 by NASA. All of the aircraft, including the A-12, YF-12 , M-12 and SR-71 models are now in museums. Check out the timeline and locations of the airframes at sr-71.org She was a beautiful aircraft, but with the advancement of drones, digital images that can be relayed back in real time and all the other tech advancements, it didn't justify the estimated 100k an hour to operate it.
Comment on Gargoyles Logo Wallpaper (2007-07-03 12:13:26)
From the wiki entry, actors who were on both Trek and Gargoyles. * Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi on The Next Generation) * Jonathan Frakes (William Riker on The Next Generation) * Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway on Voyager) * Michael Dorn (Worf on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine) * Brent Spiner (Data on The Next Generation) * Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on Star Trek) * David Warner (Gorkon in Star Trek VI, St. John Talbot in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and Gul Madred in Chain of Command) * Paul Winfield (Clark Terrell in Star Trek II and Dathon in Darmok) * Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine) * Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine) * LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge on The Next Generation) * John Rhys-Davies (Leonardo da Vinci on Voyager) * Matt Frewer (Berlingoff Rasmussen in A Matter of Time) * Morgan Sheppard (Ira Graves in The Schizoid Man and Qatai in Bliss) Wonder where that wormhole was from the future to animated NYC... Loved that show
Comment on Women Of Firefly Wallpaper (2007-06-26 20:59:50)
I need this man to rip my clothes off
Comment on Han Solo Vs Malcom Renolds (2007-05-02 21:23:12)
Mal FTW. He would push Solo through the engine. Now Jayne and Chewie, thats one I would like to see.
Comment on Super Blimp (2007-04-28 17:52:14)
It's the real deal, a Lockheed-Martin P-791 http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1153517 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-791 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/020606p2.xml
Comment on Slave Leia Cosplayer (2007-04-27 02:41:03)
Several more pictures of her to fap to http://www.leiasmetalbikini.com/members/christy.html Plus 100 or so other gals in their Leia slave outfits. Gonna need some aloe in the lube...
Comment on Death Of An Aircraft Carrier (2007-04-07 22:59:24)
Actualy, its the USS Oriskany, she was sunk off the coast of Pensacola, FL last May. More pics and info up at murdoconline.net/archives/003743.html