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singleshot_
on Sept 25, 2023
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The SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System worked by tra...
Weren’t those big blocks on the starter cart Buicks?
EdwardCoffin
on Sept 25, 2023
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They were initially Buicks, then Chevy later on [1]
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https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Engines/starting-t...
EdwardDiego
on Sept 26, 2023
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That was a great read, thank you. TIL about TEB, and how at one point they were investigating coal slurry as a fuel? (Although tbh that sounds like someone having fun on Wikipedia).
EdwardCoffin
on Sept 26, 2023
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You can hear the starter cart in some of the YouTube videos, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFO--wzFfUs
- it really gets going around the two minute mark.
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