Utehoon New Member 8 Member For: 8y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 22/06/16 01:44 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 01:44 PM Correction on the record holder and the ring, it's 64-17972 http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/srspee~1.htm Been a long day and I do spare parts for a living so by the end of it and a few beverages I get number dyslexia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 22/06/16 02:11 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:11 PM 1 hour ago, -Stever- said: Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy my grandad worked at Lockheed and helped design that plane. :D WPMO is he died when I was only 7 so we didn't get to have any conversations about his work life, I'm sure there would have been some good stories. that's awesome, sorry about the loss though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 22/06/16 02:18 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:18 PM All good. He smoked and paid the ultimate price - memories of when I was 7 and visiting him in the USA because mum knew he was on his last legs, oxygen bottle on wheels and tubes up the nose is pretty much how I remember him. Mum said he slipped up at dinner one night and started to mention something in regards to the capabilities of a plane he was working on at the time, then promptly shut up and had an "oops" look on his face. Then like ten years later the Blackbird was made public! Have got his business card, desk name plate and some anniversary and project celebration bits and pieces from Lockheed that he accumulated over the years, pretty cool to look at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kyle Get It To Wheelspin Uncontrolably Then Give It Another 5 Pounds Cruise Control 2,697 Member For: 14y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Work Posted 22/06/16 02:30 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:30 PM saw one at the Seattle Boeing museum. Amazing plane. WPMO - Sled driver, the book about them, costs $400ish. Extract from the book if you have time to read http://imgur.com/gallery/j7vbh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 22/06/16 02:31 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:31 PM Ohh that's awesome. Got any pics of the bits and peices man id love to see them. Everything like that is soo hush hush. Same now even woth our fifth gen evev though they are released. Specially the f22. Top speed is claimed 1.8+ I can sayit goesssss alot fast than 2x speed of sound. Same as the cockpit is all classified and no photos exsist when its powered up. Same as the coatings and paint. Its crazy Yf-23 went 2.2+ and 2.5+ and backed off during testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,133 Member For: 16y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/06/16 02:38 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:38 PM 6 minutes ago, Krazy Kyle said: saw one at the Seattle Boeing museum. Amazing plane. WPMO - Sled driver, the book about them, costs $400ish. Extract from the book if you have time to read http://imgur.com/gallery/j7vbh $400 Bugger, now that I've read the extract, I want to read the book haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 22/06/16 02:40 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 02:40 PM 5 minutes ago, Krazy Kyle said: saw one at the Seattle Boeing museum. Amazing plane. WPMO - Sled driver, the book about them, costs $400ish. Extract from the book if you have time to read http://imgur.com/gallery/j7vbh Buy it before you buy that exxy watch you mentioned one time Cheers for the link, have not read anything like this. The baubles I have are not from the SR-71 job, military contracts probably never get anything like that due to the secrecy, or at least nothing saying "nice job on the spy plane" hahaha. I've got a Lockeed XX years of service pin, 25 years IIRC, and some stuff a Sheik gave him as thanks for some private plane build/sale they did, like a gold covered zippo style lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 22/06/16 03:15 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 03:15 PM I think I have that in pdf. Ill check tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 22/06/16 03:36 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 03:36 PM Here ya go man, I couldn't help myself, grabbed out the box of his stuff that mum gave me just this last xmas. Heaps there including his pencils, pens and even his slide rule. Edited out a couple of numbers out of habit. Before anyone gets wise, the remotes are mine Pin is gold and diamonds. Be nice to work for a major corporation and get gear like that! Wonder what he would have been given had me made another 12 years' service. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 22/06/16 03:56 PM Share Posted 22/06/16 03:56 PM Man that is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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