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SR-71 & D-21 Drone Accident Movie
Neo
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Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 07:44 AM UTC
Doing some research for my SR-71 kit w/drone and found this: Drone hits airframe upon launch at 3.5 mach. Wild stuff.


Link Here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K7ZP65F7

Enjoy,
N E O
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 09:21 AM UTC
Interesting.....
Thanks for the link.
Augie
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Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 10:56 PM UTC
Excellant video!
After this, unlike what the video says, the DR-21 program wasn't cancelled but was then launched from a modified B-52, not an SR-71, for its missions over Viet Nam and China.
At this time there were not many SR-71s and the government didn't want to lose them since the dyes were all destroyed under orders from the Sec. of Defense MacNamara.
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Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 05:47 PM UTC

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Excellant video!
After this, unlike what the video says, the DR-21 program wasn't cancelled but was then launched from a modified B-52, not an SR-71, for its missions over Viet Nam and China.
At this time there were not many SR-71s and the government didn't want to lose them since the dyes were all destroyed under orders from the Sec. of Defense MacNamara.


IIRC I believe there was less then 50 SR-71/A-12/etc ever built

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