The SR-71 Blackbird's Windows

The Air Zoo is a world-class, Smithsonian-affiliated aerospace and science museum, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over 100 air and space artifacts, inspiring interactive exhibits, full-motion flight simulators, indoor amusement park rides, a theater and over 100 education programs!

[@ndautomotive]

I've always been fascinated by this piece of machinery ever since I was a little kid.

[@frankieslefttoe8210]

Same its such a tremendous amount of technology and cutting edge that somehow got held back by stupid decisions from the guys at the top

[@MatthewNovoselskiy]

And it from the late 1900’s!! Imagine what the government is doing now 😳

[@darebear2438]

It truly is an engineering marvel

[@joshchavers7053]

Me too.

[@darebear2438]

@Ritu Source: trust me bro. There was more than one SR-71 💀💀

[@George.Coleman]

"Woah that's a cool plane" "Well actually it gets pretty hot"

[@_blocktograph]

Are the pun intended?

[@antwanmitchell6267]

I would bang it if I could…

[@f_r_e_d]

bye

[@MAWIMO0]

Ah I see what you did clever

[@largol33t1]

The plane has no coolant tanks. It uses its own fuel as coolant by running the fuel lines around the sensitive zones. Only warm fuel is injected into the engines.

[@chriswhite3692]

"What's our speed, Bill?" "Medium rare."

[@jonahtillman9499]

Oh shit now this comment is gold😂😂😂😂😂

[@garreth629]

LA Center this is Aspin 3 0 have you got a speed readout for us. Aspin 3 0 we show you rare across the windshield. Center were showing a little closer to medium-rare across the windshield.

[@chrismatthews6517]

Brilliant mate 👍

[@TopHatProductions115]

SR-71 killin' it in cooking as well? XD

[@Paco1037]

Such a 'well done' joke

[@Zaxby722]

The guy who said let's leave some air gaps in the glass to stop fogging definitely needs to be recognized.

[@yesterday.7509]

Away from how futuristic it looks Imagine that the sr-71's first flight was in 1964 💀

[@Palaemon907]

It always shocks me that in 1971 the ussr landed a robot on mars, imagine what we couldve done without war.

[@hwfcup1344]

@@Palaemon907 they did it only because of war. If there were no wars at all, we’d still be living in clay huts

[@youALLadopted95]

The Cold War helped expedite technology. War always does.

[@verybigvirus4949]

You should be happy we had and have wars. Think about the possibilities if we didn’t have a war. All of the sudden a country gets mad and we decide to test out an atomic bomb having no idea what it would do. The bombs we dropped on Japan were a sign to the world of what destruction a modern one would do. Wars pushed or forced countries to work on better technology and more and more I could go on but I’ll leave it at that

[@beaclaster]

@@Palaemon907 if you consider the moon rover that the lunar lander carried a robot then it would be 1969

[@Tree457]

“Hey Larry speed up I’m hungry” “alright”

[@jken1998]

Now that's what I call fast food.

[@fowntain]

@@jken1998 ROFL

[@AchievementDenied]

@@jken1998 damnit, take my like and run with it

[@brunobautista6316]

@@AchievementDenied I think my dad took your "like"..... a lot of years ago. He ran, never to be seen again

[@awesome_barabado]

**Cooking a whole meal**

[@JohnZiTAB]

“Ew, there’s a stain on my window” *Proceeds to get 2nd degree burns*

[@EbonyPope]

Whenever I have bugs on my car's window I just accelerate to mach 3. Burns them right off!

[@oz4lex676]

Serd degree burns...?

[@jhonharris3765]

M. N 0

[@FatHalibutz32]

​@@oz4lex676that's the worst kind... turd degree burns

[@misutatomasu]

2rd?

[@christopherarriaga9076]

Pilot: “It’s your turn to cook lunch.” Copilot: “I cooked lunch last time, but whatever” then begrudgingly presses their tube lunch against the window for 30 seconds.

[@notoriousbills]

“Nice comfortable 80 degrees” Me-looks at my thermostat set to 70

[@House_MAL]

63 for me

[@_iTRYHARD_]

Yea and that’s pushing it

[@abrahameivins6491]

Also in probably not all too great for heat jump suits, so it probably wasn't super comfortable

[@christophergraves5687]

My AC Is broken

[@notoriousbills]

@@christophergraves5687 that’s sucks, but on the upside. Your conditioned temperature wise to fly a SR-71 at supersonic speeds!. “Glass half full” if you will.

[@allthingsgilmour]

The sr-71 has to be one of the coolest and awesome piece of aircraft machinery ever built!

[@vxzrt]

Saturn 5 first stage 😍😍

[@janewhite4486]

Built with manganese sold to US company ,for that build !!!

[@4m4n40]

It’s crazy how each one of these fun, overpriced r&d projects could have cured world hunger or improved their own people’s lives countless times over.

[@jasonreilich8398]

Let's not forget the F22 raptor as well both crafts are the sexiest planes ever to exist

[@can_hauler]

Don't forget the XB-70 Valkyrie. 6 engines, comparable speed and altitude to the Blackbird, rode its own sonic boom for lift, and was intended to carry nuclear bombs.

[@TheSuperRandomShow1]

I miss this bird! Me and my father were there taking the tour on our day off one day. A very kind gentleman took us along on a grand tour! They truly have a Beautiful facility. And the hard work and dedication by the team is truly remarkable, as well as admirable!

[@christiansantos7164]

The SR-71 has been my favorite since I was a kid. The first flight of an SR-71 took place 60 years ago. That’s mental.

[@banggobang5148]

Can you open the cockpit or is it already permanently sealed?

[@tyrstone3539]

You are welded inside and sent off with a prayer

[@brandonn4023]

@@tyrstone3539 💀💀

[@maruftim]

@@tyrstone3539 💀💀💀

[@jetstreamsam8471]

@@tyrstone3539 💀💀💀💀

[@rafiyumahmood2446]

@@tyrstone3539 💀💀💀💀💀

[@owenmacintosh4546]

Imagine having lunch in the fastest plane known to man. GOOD SOUP

[@GB-vn1tf]

Fastest air breathing aircraft. X15.

[@starfire2133]

@@GB-vn1tf isn't that a rocket propelled plane?

[@supersst838]

​@@starfire2133 yes it is

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261]

@@GB-vn1tf the X15 is basically a rocket with enough space for a human

[@dukezFRL]

It's not the fastest plane known to man, The fastest would be the X-15 as of right now.

[@pawpawmike7372]

The stories I have heard about this aircraft are insane. I have a very close friend whose father was a crew chief for a SR-71 in the 60s and 70s. Sitting and talking to him was insane. I sure do miss him.

[@afmoney161]

I found a replacement windscreen in box that was buried in the corner of a warehouse at Beale AFB. Just seeing how they constructed it was amazing! I can only imagine how far that part traveled on a SR!

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

"Nice comfortable 80 degrees" in the suits they wear in that cramped environment you'd be sweating alot

[@richardmillhousenixon]

The suits had ventilation, and the cockpit was cooled as well. I've heard pilots refer to it being like t-shirt and shorts weather, not uncomfortable but not relaxing either

[@ericstyles3724]

Try a hot day training in a glider.. The tiny ventilation slider, no bigger than a 20pk of smokes is beside you, you open it.. then the nice fr

[@ericstyles3724]

Then the nice fresh air goes into the instructors bubble, & the traiinee cooks into a sweaty blob in a runaway sky incubater

[@RaggedsEdge]

Eh look at NASCAR. Those guys wear full Nomex suits and sit in a sealed vehicle with no insulation or AC behind a very powerful motor running hard for hours at a time. People can endure some fair extremes.

[@billmadison2032]

Those suits have a cooling system. A human will heat up a sealed bag like that really fast

[@saahiliyer11]

*“…up to 420°F”* Me: he he, blaze it

[@Dixavulpine]

Bravo

[@artyom1264]

Nice

[@im_animaxtirdim]

Hehe 420

[@deleted11101]

420° f?

[@deleted11101]

Bro you should stop saying hehe blaze it

[@michaelmarr416]

It is indeed a blessing to live in this era of technology right now

[@imablock16]

We have a sr71 at the march air force base air museum when my military academy went for an event they let us get in to see what it was like and as someone who wanted to fly the sr71 it was a dream come true.

[@Nunu_Butter_Masala]

This is a flying oven 🔥🔥

[@gibbsm]

E-Z Bake, the Mach 3+ version.

[@Iluvnahida]

Automatic toast maker😍😍😍😍

[@soreeyez]

Settings on the timer measured in Mach speed. 😅

[@user.91721]

a flying oven😂 ur a joke

[@raygun26]

Just looked it up, and they used air conditioning 😂😂 as funny as that sounds, it used the fuel to cool the cockpit, which is a super common method of gas turbine cooling, usually for the oil. We call it FCOC as an acronym which the child in me thinks is great. They couldn’t use compressor discharge air, because it works good for cooling super heated metal, but it’s literally hotter than the surrounding hot air, at 400 Celsius. Which probably isn’t too good for people 😂 Oil barely serves as a lubricant in these engines, as it’s mainly a coolant.

[@dillonventola408]

I didn't realize the SR-71B had a different orientation for the rear seat, pretty wild!

[@jeffsanders663]

I believe this particular aircraft was a trainer model.

[@AirborneRenegade]

That’s an A-12. Not an SR-71. The SR-71 was developed from it.

[@lunaticace7782]

@@AirborneRenegade Nah that's the SR-71B, Air Zoo have that one in their collection. The only two seater A-12 is in California science center

[@dillonventola408]

@@AirborneRenegade he's right, that's a SR-71b. Took me a bit to figure it out myself.

[@Jlinwoodjackson]

There is only ONE of these… with the raised window/cockpit for the trainer pilot. The RSO window is just two panes.. and it is inline with the top of the aircraft

[@erikreddington461]

This thing used to hang from the ceiling in a loft balcony type area. I'm so glad we can get closer look. See ya soon with the kids.

[@FranCordone]

When i graduated high school i received a SR-72 model. Rip mom and dad and thanks for the amazing gift. Kickstarted my collector journey

[@Ada-zn3pw]

Crazy to think this technology is 60 years old. Just imagine the technology the military has now that nobody knows about. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@alex-ragnarson3482]

Like UFO's

[@thebeastmaster3453]

@@alex-ragnarson3482 do you know what a ufo is? Anything the military has that we don’t know about that flies would be a ufo

[@butterchuggins5409]

Shhh, that's a secret

[@dallasyap3064]

Aurora and TR3B.

[@REXae86]

@@alex-ragnarson3482 Unidentified Flying Object

[@HoodSwami]

I also love that fact of how it’s notorious for leaking fuel because it’s designed so that the gaps become closed when the metal expands during intense heat.

[@forzaisspeed]

For anyone interested this is the SR-71B the Trainer versio, tail number 7956. It also has the most flying hours under its belt, as being a trainer but also being giving to NASA in 1990 to help with reaches. Its 1 of 2 built with the other lost in a crash.

[@jaykim8851]

Used to live in Kalamazoo and got to see this beauty at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo

[@preston3319]

Imagine a window that cost more than your whole life 😂

[@RonCadillac]

Little girls ask their parents for a pony... I'm asking God for a blackbird

[@dallasyap3064]

I ask devil for a Darkstar

[@Woody-nc1ru]

The pressure suits these guys were insane too. I was reading about one of the pilots seeing little puffs of smoke in the cockpit. Hes looking around to see where it was coming from. He finally sees that it was the loose ends of the stitching for his suit. The cockpit temputure was off the scale, the AC had failed. "It just proves how good our suits were, i was nice and comfortable."

[@rockprophecy2897]

My dad watched these take off every day while he was in the air force (atleast for the first year or two of his career).

[@Ihandlemonkes]

Don’t ever stop this

[@jacoblecoy3700]

Stop what?

[@kweenk5072]

@@jacoblecoy3700 ikr....??

[@SIDisTHE]

So happy I was able to see one at Castle AFB museum

[@deang5622]

So happy I was able to see one in flight in the 1980's at RAF Greenham Common in the UK.

[@SIDisTHE]

@@deang5622 I'm jealous!

[@will4621]

I came here last summer, it was such a cool place, would definitely go again 100% worth the drive

[@Yimmoo]

I once slept at the air zoo, one of my favorite museums ever

[@raisin8051]

Amazin piece of technology and engineering. Fun fact, they used imperial system so the rest of the world can't use their measurements and make their own blackbird

[@sanpepsiman1277]

One of the first things I was taught in my university was to use conversion systems to change the units of measurement from the imperial system to the metric system.

[@lamefart]

People can't convert units?

[@coldblackice]

0:34 The moment the cameraman finds the true love he's been searching for his whole life

[@KayAteChef]

How can you tell the time? I can't even see the timestamps on youtube shorts.

[@Ma_X64]

I read about a case at the dawn of supersonic aviation, when subsonic aircraft were re-equipped, and then test supersonic high-altitude flights were carried out. And once the fastening of the cockpit cap failed. The pilot was under the action of an oncoming air flow at a speed of several Mach. The arms were instantly torn off, and the steel wire reinforcement of the suit looked like it had been rubbed on the asphalt for many hours. The eyes were boiled, the skin from the skull (also boiled) completely slid back.

[@sleepingontheblacktop6053]

Has always been and will always be my favorite aircraft. What a beautiful and amazing piece of machinery and engineering.

[@nunyabiz6952]

Just imagine being a guy who got to fly one. 👍🤘

[@AR._Official]

As a Floridian and a pilot, 80°f feels pretty good to me 😂

[@avistorms]

You fly out from Tampa area too?

[@SegwayBossk]

Not a pilot but as a Florida man who moves office furniture as well as load and unload trucks of said furniture, 80 would feel great to me

[@jamesgizasson]

Just came from the east coast; 100+ in that humidity was murder. Going back down to 80 at night, windows down and no AC, was a lot better! :3

[@Spindal45]

@@jamesgizasson that North Carolina Weather Is Right Isn't it!! The last couple weeks have been so humid, you can cut it with a knife. Right when things start trying to dry up at 94° outside here comes that afternoon thunder shower. Sun pops out after the shower around 5:30 6:00, it's 84° and it feels like 94% humidity. You can literally walk outside and stand and start Sweating!

[@jamesgizasson]

@@Spindal45 Yeah, no kidding. I had AC during the day while I was driving, but not while sleeping. I just had to open every window and hope it would drop to 80 at night. Makes me want to move to Seattle... or Nome! X3

[@rolloutthebarrel]

I love the Blackbird and have been fascinated in it ever since I first saw it, and in 2022 it still looks and explains like a futuristic-genius sci-fi alien-hybrid spaceship technology

[@oscodains]

I didn’t realize the Air Zoo had a youtube channel! My favorite place to go as a kid!

[@TheMilwaukieDan]

Have always been so fascinated with this aircraft… to this day much is still Top Secret about its accomplishments and capabilities.

[@yeanah2571]

My dad said that a few missions were flown over his air force base during Vietnam. He's told me several times that Mach 3 as a "top speed" is very laughable. He said he saw Mach 6+ on several occasions.

[@reddiver7293]

Thank you, Ian! Love your brogue and your knowledge of a very cool jet. Good video! Thanks for posting.

[@firefighterforlife6673]

Wait your not Scott Manley, but I’m still interested

[@PaceVali]

Lmaooo

[@---iv5gj]

this guy is like precise scott manley, the same topic he would finish describing in 1minute while scott stretches it over half an hour... that's why i never manage to watch his videos lol

[@sneed2600]

@@---iv5gj (he doesn't have the attention span for watching a regular video and have to have it condensed into 60 seconds or less)

[@---iv5gj]

@@sneed2600 yes i happen to have a life outside of youtube that i need to live in.

[@MatiasGeraldoThe2nd]

The air zoo is the total jam! Must visit.

[@sethb196]

I grew up in Kalamazoo, been several times. Definitely recommend going. The 4D flight simulators are my favorite.

[@googleuser868]

Wright Patterson in Dayton for me. Huntsville was fun too.

[@willgeo2215]

Having worked on these at Beale AFB in 1989, the external skin would reach 1100 degrees and the Blackbird would stretch almost a foot in length during flight.

[@emailidontwant]

I actually was fortunate enough to visit this place a while back. So much fascinating stuff and loads of really passionate experts. Totally recommend :)

[@stevestevens1457]

How it is called? AirZoo?

[@randem2348]

Man I haven’t been to the air zoo in 10 years. I love Kalamazoo

[@Papa_Czyk2007]

I remember going here, this place is amazing.

[@leegalen8383]

My favorite plane! Was lucky enough to experience a low fly by years ago at Wright Pat. Took my breath away!

[@donlarocque5157]

We used to hear the sonic boom from one in the 80s.

[@frederickflores8152]

Its been a few years since ive been to the air zoo but remember seeing this one. Loved the place

[@garrymoore2161]

Love the K-Zoo Air-Zoo. A great concept fully realized.

[@maxpower9848]

Super cool information. When I went through aeromedical training in Southern California they had the helmet for the sr-71! I got the try on a 100 thousand dollar helmet! It was slightly better than my arai motorcycle helmet! Maybe much better.

[@popcornjunky8217]

genuinely my favorite plane ever since i was a kid and my mom who previously worked for nasa put me in the rear engine exhaust, i even have a piece of titanium that was part of an SR-71 aswell and its one of my favorite gizmos

[@randygray8273]

So lucky!

[@joshuaboehm6419]

Such an amazing piece of aviation history!

[@grabbingkitties7824]

I would have loved the flying in one of those. And we've had this technology for like 60 years

[@The-Red-Baron]

A few months ago I was just at the Air zoo I absolutely loved it I went with my father and his girlfriend it was absolutely amazing!! 🤩🤩🥳🥳

[@alexgataric]

I visited the air zoo as well. I always wanted to see the SR-71 but never got around to it. Finally just drove four hours and saw it. Crossed it off the bucket list.

[@shaggy_e210]

My grandfather helped develop the communication system on the Blackbird!

[@JackCarlisleOfficial]

And I bet when you were in high school you could throw a football over a mountain

[@jimsanders4412]

That was ‘60s technology at its finest!!👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@hyronharrison8127]

Love this! Informative striaght to the point - non clickbaity. Makes me wanna subscribe!

[@raygun2180]

This is down the road from my house and this is literally my fav plane growing up! We also had prom here lol

[@sjoracer2934]

I live like 20 minutes away from this place, it’s a great visit if your in the area!

[@danfreeman9079]

We used a needle point depth micrometer to measure any scratches. If the scratches were too deep they had to be changed out. A very detailed and time consuming task.

[@kflzmaxey5715]

I used to have a toy model of this plane when I was in the Middle School. 😏

[@maxpower9848]

Awesome! I had the x-15 plane that was a model rocket.

[@RamadaArtist]

*can get anywhere in the world in like, two hours* Pilot: "so anyway, I packed lunch"

[@Metaldetectiontubeworldwide]

Whaaw that story of heating up , pilots meal , got me cracking up 🤣🤣

[@rbmwiv]

Wow I have been fascinated with this plane all my life. I got to see one in an air show in the early 80s I knew they got hot but learning the little things like the windows.

[@driplerthadripper]

God-"what accent do you want?" This guy-"yes" (People seem hurt in the comments , let us give them a moments silence for their terminal cringeness)

[@jmpmp_505]

@Dacia Sandero guys because we don’t need to speak 5 different languages because just like the Chinese our country spans a area of basically a continent and 90 percent of people speak or understand English like I can drive 4500 plus kilometers and still only need to speak English while you drive the same in other countries you are in a different country with a different language and the cheese tastes weird

[@Lortenerfrisk]

@@jmpmp_505 imagine seeing it as a negative not needing to travel very far to meet other cultures.

[@llaammeerr2506]

@@Lortenerfrisk yes I like to travel to another part of my country and speak the same language, tf are you on about?

[@hanburbger7782]

@Dacia Sandero guys your country is so bad you need to leave just to enjoy yourself

[@Thalassisk]

@Dacia Sandero guys jesus man it was a joke, did you have a bad day? 😂

[@thedepression950]

Imagine the sweet smell the food is going to make after heating up in a small cockpit

[@michaelnieman6218]

I guess you didn't hear say the food is in tubes they warm it up attach the tube to a hose and suck it on remember they are wearing a sealed suit

[@thewitt76]

I've had so many model SR-71s and a few different Estes model rocket ones too, such an advanced plane for it's time and the fact it stayed not only relavent but necessary said a lot about it

[@kenstr321]

I watched a video about how and why planes heat up so much during super sonic travel. There's alot to it, but basically when you're going trans-sonic (coming close to the speed of sound) the force of the air and the force of the engines are matched and all the heat being used to keep you at that speed has no time to disapate. So at the shock wave point all the heat being pushed out by the engines is kinda funneled into it. So as the shock wave moves over the plane it heats up. Sorry, I probably didn't do a great job explaining that, but the video does.

[@Wandkater]

82 human testicles were severely damaged during the production and the test flights of the SR-71 and its variants. EDIT:YALL KNOW IM MESSING WITH YALL ITS BEEN 13 DAYS WITHOUT YOU GUYS NOTICING💀

[@javiercantu9271]

Can you elaborate?

[@AlxndrHQ]

@@javiercantu9271 probably from the heat

[@verybigvirus4949]

My grandpa worked on sr-71s and he said a couple of the test flights the plane disintegrated mid air

[@Wandkater]

@@verybigvirus4949 as well as the person inside…

[@Wandkater]

@@javiercantu9271 Basically they either get crushed while you are building the plane like if you literally stab smth through your balls or get them crushed in a compartment. And during the manned test flights, if it incinerates, you and your balls will too.

[@DroneStuff402]

Bruh when he says “layers” he sounds like Shrek

[@richardryan2769]

Fuel was used to cool the leading edges of the wings before going to the engines. The is an ablative chine on the sharp edges of the fuselage.

[@JJE2010MO]

I have a man crush with the SR-71 !!

[@jw1343]

Nobody: Me: * hears 420⁰ F * "Nice."

[@ventrum5552]

Same

[@goodguycarl]

hehe we're stoners

[@jacobmassengill1553]

Literally searched for this comment

[@zutru]

me: *hears 420°F* ... also me: "How much is that in normal temperature units used in all countries except 2?"

[@jw1343]

@@zutru ask google until they go to the moon

[@thefox787]

Nice but could you please add in your active comments (the text that appears on screen) the temperature in degrees Celsius please as well as in F° Please? It would be easier for me or anyone else that isn't in the US to understand.

[@thenationdecides7404]

600F is equivalent to F-ing hot in the metric system. Or a shade over 300C

[@tombigger53]

HOLY COW ...IMAGINE HOW FAST THAT MACHINE COULD PLOW THE BACK FORTY ACRES.😮

[@verncampbell7239]

all the brain power that went into this aircraft is amazing to think about, I like this guy's enthusiasm for the air zoo....keep these videos coming!

[@robertwhite3752]

"Inside the cockpit it was a nice comfortable 80°!" 🤔

[@Jon-6969]

Yup. No one is comfortable at 80°. He should've said 73 or 74° at most

[@amadoleon8981]

That plane goes faster than three times The speed of sound

[@nottimhortons]

Never said it was the limit.

[@peys9267]

Actually the air gap was not for fogging, its thermal expansion and pressure equalizer. When the exteriors heats up,it increases in size, the cooler interior remains small

[@Andi_Doci]

The level of commitment to the engineering of this machine is just amazing!

[@BestKCL]

As a kid in 2013 I got to sleep under this thing in the scouts! Dopest experience ever.

[@XxGlaciersOfIcexX]

Nice

[@Itmakesyouthink]

Somebody in their various services will always find a way to use parts of their equipment to make their lives a little easier, better, and more importantly comfortable. Sometimes, this innovation is taken up by the brass, mostly it's frowned upon, but if it works for little effort, it spreads throughout.

[@tonymonxana992]

The most advanced and fastest spy plane to be made! God I love our technology🇺🇸🦅

[@Impori]

I grew up in the DC area, so I lived with the one in the National Air and Space Museum in the USA. I absolutely adore the plane, it's sheer size and dark colour and what made it better is that it's backed by the space shuttle Discovery. Like goddamn, takes away my breath every time.

[@69dildozer]

Fun fact: The SR-71 leaked fuel until the skin stretched at high temperature to perfect alignment.

[@diychad7268]

The "skin" didn't "stretch"......... The metal body would expand under the heat of the said 600 degree air flowing over it due to friction, causing the gaps in the panels joints to the. Meet up with each other and seal up, also we ain't talking huge gaps, there wouldn't be much fuel leaking when it was but it was noticeable, the gaps starting out were only a few thousandths from being sealed but that amount did allow for some fuel to slightly leak out

[@sethf2258]

Damn never realized that you can't actually see directly out of the front

[@erikalanreed8198]

If it weren't for the gazillions of other cameras everywhere else on that thing, it would be almost impossible to fly it. But that is what it was built for : it was a giant camera so that Congress could see exactly what the fuck is going on with our enemies. It did have a few defenses, but had to slow down to use them so they never did use any. It just went so freakishly fast that a nuke delivery system was developed for it but was scrapped when the ICBM could do it faster and without risking any rare pilots for this expensive monster.

[@redonk1740]

Modern engineering never ceases to amaze me, and this isn't exactly brand new tech. I can't even imagine what kind of stuff they're working on now.

[@dragicadjuric3635]

On this Plane nothing is regular,everything is special!

[@WahaHeyHa]

Really like the video. As nice as the simplicity of it was, reckon you might add a little graphic for Celsius users in future vids? Cheers 😊

[@nicholasfolk5582]

Subtract 30, divide by 2

[@pat27941]

You sound like Scot Manley

[@alfredabbey6162]

This and the A-10 are my favorite aircraft.

[@justyngordon510]

The first recommendation that’s not the trash black pink dance in 48 hours,🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@namelesskok378]

Imagine him talking about Celsius. Comtable 80°C (176°F) yes

[@verybigvirus4949]

Ah yes he can comfortably heat up his tube lunch on the 420°C (788°F) window. Yes, yes he can *comfortably* “heat” it up

[@janus3555]

We use F for human reference since it works perfectly on a 0-100 scale. So usable inside but doesn't have to use it for outside temps. I'd use F inside, C outside and K for engine PFRA values.

[@namelesskok378]

@@janus3555 nah. C. I don't know if you Albert Einstein but bro

[@janus3555]

@@namelesskok378 want to clarify what you said? I'm not sure what you're asking.

[@namelesskok378]

@@janus3555 imagine that he is talking about Celsius and not fahrenheit

[@josecamacho5522]

I don't understand Farenheit. But I love the Sr-71