Oldgrunt
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Received from a retired military friend and thought it might be of interest to some.
Amazing Tales of SR-71 Blackbird Plane
Amazing Tales of SR-71 Blackbird Plane
Amazing Tales of SR-71 Blackbird Plane
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BigSlick
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I have always been a big fan of the Blackbird. I have several books on the development, testing and missions the Blackbird flew. It was a technical marvel then and now and a jewel of an aircraft. The advertised speed and ceiling are bogus though. The actual top speed (not the cruising speed) and operational ceiling are still mum but I have read that some flights were over 90,000 feet. One thing that all pilots said, flying that high and fast was nothing short of a religious experience.
Capt. Frank
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According to a spokesman from Jane's Planes, I saw on TV, the SR 71 was capable of 3600 mph.
Rhino
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We would if we could. So far the "TR-3" is only a rumor. I put that in quotation marks because both "TR-3A" and TR-3B" are made up names. They have no source in fact. Nobody even knows who made the names up, but it seems logical that it comes from a UFO enthusiast since they were the ones originally spreading the rumors about it. They can't make up their minds where it was sighted though. American conspiracy enthusiasts insist it's at Area 51 or nearby Papoose Lake, while European enthusiasts tout sightings over Paris. Apparently this is the Aurora part deux, but now under the name Black Manta. Black Manta sounds much more sinister. Maybe that's why the enthusiasts chose it. Papoose Lake was also totally desolate in satellite photos when the enthusiasts first claimed a secret facility existed there, but why let truth get in the way of a good conspiracy theory?
SR9
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Here is something for you to read and play the videos. TR3-B's do exist.
Black Triangle UFOs, TR-3B Aurora And Astra | Beyond Science
Black Triangle UFOs, TR-3B Aurora And Astra | Beyond Science
Rhino
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Yeah, triangle shaped UFOs, both here and over Paris like I said. You can choose to believe whatever you want, and there may well be an aircraft under development, or even several of them, but the TR-3 names were made up by the people making the sightings. They have no basis in fact. And by the way, the dash goes between the letter and number designation. It would be TR-3B, not TR3-B. Your link had it right. A TR aircraft would be tactical reconnaissance, such as when the U-2s used to be called TR-1 when they were deployed to Europe. It was the same aircraft, but they used the different designation for political purposes. The U-2 name left a bad taste in the mouth of some of the Europeans, and it sometimes made their relations with the Soviet Union more difficult.
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As for your source, they also report we've found life on Mars, an alien shuttlecraft on Mars, a humanoid lifeform near the Mars Rover, UFOs near the surface of the sun, an alien coin or medallion on Mars, an alien base on the moon, that we're going to get a 100 year storm of killer asteroid strikes starting in 2017 and so on and so on. Like I said, you can choose to believe whatever you want. And there may very well be a secret aircraft in development. There has to be some purpose for having a base at Groom Lake after all. But I'm not going to consider that web site or the UFO enthusiasts as credible sources, particularly when they have no evidence to back up their claims.
