***The OFFICIAL aviation pics thread***

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Both right! good eye. The B-57 is very rare. It is faster than it looks, M.85 frame.

The max cruise speed was barely 3/4 mach unless I'm missing something?

[likeitfast55]

Both right! good eye. The B-57 is very rare. It is faster than it looks, M.85 frame.

[F8LSVT]

Name the plane --

Top is a B-57A Canberra
Bottom is a Grumman C-1? Less sure on it but I think I'm close

[46Tbird]

I like my ring with a subtle eastern European accent.

[CJ]

Okay, so not exactly an aviation photo, but I had to share this somewhere (not facebook).

My wedding band showed up the other day. It's made from the titanium in an SR-71A exhaust nozzle. Specifically, 61-7972, which has some speed records.

September 01, 1974
New York to London (World Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Distance: 3,461.53 statute miles...Time: 1hr 54 min 56.4 secs. Average Speed 1,806.95 statute mph.

September 13, 1974
London to Los Angeles (World Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Distance: 5,446.87 statute miles...Time: 3hrs 47min 39secs. Average Speed: 1,435.59 mph

March 06, 1990
West Coast to East Coast of USA (National Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Coast to Coast Distance: 2,404.05 statute miles...Time: 1 hr 07 min 53.69 secs...Average Speed: 2,124.51 mph

Los Angeles To Washington D.C. (World Record): Distance: 2,299.67 statute miles...Time: 1 hr 04 min 19.89 secs...Average Speed: 2,144.83 mph

St Louis To Cincinnati (World Record): Distance: 311.44 statute miles...Time: 8 mins 31.97 secs...Average Speed: 2,189.94 mph

Kansas City To Washington D.C. (World Record): Distance: 942.08 statute miles...Time: 25 mins 58.53 secs...Average Speed: 2176.08 mph

Here's the ring along with a book I have on the Blackbird family of planes:



And hell, it's the SR-71, always a joy to look at.

And on top of that, the titanium in the SR-71 (and therefore, your ring) was purchased through shell corps from the Soviet Union.

[likeitfast55]

Name the plane --

[46Tbird]

Okay, so not exactly an aviation photo, but I had to share this somewhere (not facebook).

My wedding band showed up the other day. It's made from the titanium in an SR-71A exhaust nozzle. Specifically, 61-7972, which has some speed records.

September 01, 1974
New York to London (World Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Distance: 3,461.53 statute miles...Time: 1hr 54 min 56.4 secs. Average Speed 1,806.95 statute mph.

September 13, 1974
London to Los Angeles (World Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Distance: 5,446.87 statute miles...Time: 3hrs 47min 39secs. Average Speed: 1,435.59 mph

March 06, 1990
West Coast to East Coast of USA (National Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Coast to Coast Distance: 2,404.05 statute miles...Time: 1 hr 07 min 53.69 secs...Average Speed: 2,124.51 mph

Los Angeles To Washington D.C. (World Record): Distance: 2,299.67 statute miles...Time: 1 hr 04 min 19.89 secs...Average Speed: 2,144.83 mph

St Louis To Cincinnati (World Record): Distance: 311.44 statute miles...Time: 8 mins 31.97 secs...Average Speed: 2,189.94 mph

Kansas City To Washington D.C. (World Record): Distance: 942.08 statute miles...Time: 25 mins 58.53 secs...Average Speed: 2176.08 mph

Here's the ring along with a book I have on the Blackbird family of planes:



And hell, it's the SR-71, always a joy to look at.

[Strychnine]

[helosailor]

^^^ That would be them.

[46Tbird]

Are those A7s of late F8s? Helosailor?

"VFP-206 RF-8Gs over Monument Valley in 1985"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFP-206