Rare - HD-4K - Sr-71 Blackbird Prep And Evening Launch - Late 1980's (MUST See For Blackbird Fans!)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Extremely Rare - HD-4K - Sr-71 Blackbird Okinawa Evening Launch - Late 1980's
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Many decades later, this bird still amazes.
The flying oil slick. Seeing her take off still take my breath away eve now. Dear old Kelly was so ahead of his time. Amazing.
A great video for all of us skunks (cheers to my fellow skunks). From this retired Skunk Works engineer, thanks Maximus for refreshing our memories of one of the greatest planes to ever fly.
Nice, very nice. Just a technical note: A low quality video digitalized to 4K is just a waste of bandwidth and storage space. ;o)
But is it?
I enjoyed it and if someone can do their best to improve something for my benefit, I would never belittle that person. In fact, I do the opposite and appreciate the efforts of others. Imagine that...
I enjoyed it too. It's great they brought this unique video to the public. Just the technical part is a bit funny here. That's all, no one is being "belittled" here. ;o)
I still love seeing this aircraft, as much as I loved seeing it as a kid. A real legend, thanks Maximus.
Awesome to watch every time!
Fabulous Blackbird launch prep crew in 4K! Seeing the 2 men of steel suit up, get in the cockpits and take off is appreciated in the safety of the USA!
Just AWSOME! Even all these years later. WOW, what a machine. Kelly Johnson would be so proud.
The large deflection of those huge twin rudders was impressive. I was really surprised at how massive they were.
Remarkable video. What struck me most is the teamwork. Well, apart from the afterburners. What a sight! Small wonder the Soviets were able to track it with infrared…thanks, Maximus.
It required using a v8 Chevrolet gas engine to start the A12 & SR-71 engines. The fuel tanks leaked the gel fuel as the gaps were very wide to allow for thermal expansion at high speeds. They used gel fuel which would not explode at high speeds do to extreme high temperatures.
There's a great video by one of the engineers that designed the P&W J58 engine. At the start of the program, it took two Buick 400 ci, wildcat V8s to make enough compressed air to start the engines. They would blow up the V8 engines on a regular basis, to the point where they used up all the Buick 400 ci engines from every salvage yard in the whole country, so then they swapped to the Chevrolet 454 ci V8. He didn't make it clear if it took two of the Chevrolet V8s or if one was able to do it. The 454 is a much more powerful motor than the old Buick 400 so one may have been all it took. This is the video, it's a must watch if you like the SR-71.
ruclips.net/video/MJrXUh0eZjw/видео.html
@@bigredc222 Thank you for the data!
I was at Expo 86 and an SR71 flew low (500 ft) over the crowd, then lit its afterburners and pulled up and banked into the blue sky. Maybe the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Great video.💛
To this day, still the most mind blowing aircraft ever built. Change my mind.
Thank you Pastor
I had the pleasure of seeing one fly and on static display at the Expo 86 Abbotsford Airshow. Also got to walk through the now destroyed AN-225 Mira. One of the highlights of my childhood.
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these beauties up close as a cordoned off static display at March AFB back in 79’. Highlight of the air show along with the “new” A-10A. Thunderbirds in their T-38’s were anticlimactic. Good times!
Absolutely stunning, thanks for sharing this clip. One of my favourite aircraft of all time. Brilliant 👏
Good find. Interesting video. Thanks for bringing it to us.
Thank you sir. A beautiful respite from a tough week. This will always be my favorite airplane. Magnificent.
Very cool. It's always a pleasure to see this very special bird taking off. Thanks Maximus!
Awesome video...I hope I still live in the same United States that has this willingness, team effort, and patriotism
I am amazed they did not lose any to hangar fires, what with starting the engines inside and all that JP-7 having dribbled onto the floor from the leaking cold tanks. I know JP-7 has a higher flash point (? 70º) than regular JP-1 or Jet A but even so, I would not like to be splashing around in it with running engines above my head.
The flash point of JP-7 is 140 degrees. You can put a match out in it.
@@lantzstudwell An electric spark from a faulty cable is a lot hotter than 140ºF. A fleck of burning carbon ejecting from a starting engine is also hotter than 140º.
Nowadays we would use all kinds of complicated seals and joints to make sure the fuel tank doesn't leave a river behind the plane at every takeoff. But in those days they would design the tanks to be sealed once the atmospheric drag made the panels connect and just YOLO the river of fuel that follows the aircraft on the ground.
Blackbird fan!
awesome
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 2 Sep 22.
Good morning.
@@michaelmoses8745 👍👍👍👍👍
Leaked fuel like a sive on the ground, but what a hell of an aircraft
My peeps; My base (only a decade earlier) -- same gut feel
Maximus is the best!
I've seen this plane passing at very low altitude, while the Falkland war was going on, in the Spring of 1982. YYY (Mont-Joli, QC, Canada) control tower was warned not to mention it, just before it came around. The sound was frightening, heard it coming North to South. Did it take off from Loring AFB or Syracuse??!
PS: I believe it was on a Tuesday afternoon just before 4 PM.
You can actually get up close and personal with several of this - including, the Dragon Lady... Blackbird Airpark.
So cool seeing the blackbird takeoff! Also is pretty funny seeing the fuel leak out while the ground crew is prepping it!
Btw does anyone know who took this? I thought pictures of operational blackbirds were rare
The leaking fuel would normally be of concern, but was normal for the SR-71 and I believe by design, since the plane would expand by something like 1 foot when in flight. And it's my understanding that if you dropped a lit match into the fuel it would extinguish, so not a fire threat. What I don't get is how a fireball comes out the back of the engine and the guy nearby doesn't even flinch, but walks even closer.
T.E.B. was the green explosion. It was used to ignite the fuel.
Interesting - the U-2 crews have to be on 100% oxygen starting hours before launch, but these guys look like they have their helmets open until they strap in. Doesn't the SR-71 fly close to the same altitudes as the U-2, just a lot faster?
is that fuel of water on the floor under the plane?
fuel, she dosnt seal up until she is going over mac 1. so normally they would take off, refuel on a tanker then get up to cruising speed asap.
@@eddjordan2399 thank you Sir! i thought so but wasn't too sure.
we gun bunnies aren't too smart.... all we have to do is point the barrel in roughly the right direction and make sure the pointy end of the round goes in the gun first.
that this is published, only can mean that something more advanced is flying.
What is the reason for the droopy drawers?
Probably cut for a comfortable sitting position vs standing.
That is where the parachute is located. The pilots could not wear the 'chute on their backs, so the suit was designed for them to sit on them00
@@rayhart7714 And so they land on their face???
It’s Ok if you narrate, Maximus. 10 minutes of shrieking engines is boring. You could have easily cut 6 minutes off of this without losing anything.
The audio is pure 💩 on this. It hardly changes at all during the video.