SR-71 Nose On |
How fast, he wanted to know. So we looked it up on the internet and gave him a number that was totally meaningless--because none of us could really comprehend how fast 2,600 plus mph really was.
Fast.
SR-71 at Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum |
For a Sunday afternoon there is not a better way to spend time with the boys that reveling in aerospace history.
The missiles, the bombs, the Space Shuttle and satellites, and of course the aircraft--from the early propeller planes to the fastest jet ever conceived.
Ethan, especially was impressed when he realized that when missiles were shot at the SR-71 that the best tactic was to just fly faster and outrun the missile. That's fast.
How fast?
Faster than a speeding bullet, fast.
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD
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