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This brings up the $900 screwdrivers and toilet seats that Lockheed, and other DOD contractors used to "make". Because of how we do things, budget-wise, the military has to show how much money they pay contractors each year. If you are doing secret projects, you can't just say "$xxxxxxxxx for...

Now you understand why I didn't try to get too far into that, there is NO way I could have said all that in 5 minutes and 39 seconds! :) Or made it as coherent in ten times as long. Cheers

On the topic of heat - Back in the day, the Soviets needed to claim some accolades for their own gear, and shake up the West a bit, so they did a high speed "reconnaissance" flight over Israel with a couple of MiG-25s at altitude and speeds that were very impressive. What they kept to...

Inlet design is just as important, if not more so, than what comes out the back. Once jets started getting into the transonic region, managing the shock waves in the intakes became a major headache, and variable geometry inlets became a necessity, thus all those moving ramps and cones and...

For your homework assignment, check out the names Randy Cunningham, Steve Ritchie, and Robin Olds in regard to dogfighting the F-4, and Dick "Belly" Bellinger in the F-8. A good introductory book is "...And Kill Migs" by Lou Drendel. [thumbzup] Back to the SR-71 - I was lucky enough to see one...