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Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program

113 points · 76 comments · rkagerer

  1. chaosgoblins · · focus · HN ↗
    This is probably one of the coolest planes and it's SOP is to leak fuel until it gets going enough that the heat seals it's seams due to expansion
    1. speed_spread · · focus · HN ↗
      Particularly toxic boron-enriched fuel at that, to sustain those same high temperatures.

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