What engine needs 6,000,000cfm to operate?

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05-04-2016 | 07:23 PM

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indysupra

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Awesome read!!

05-04-2016 | 07:40 PM

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buck35

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Great read and story! I once worked with an ex airforce guy who told me about flying into a base in florida back in the sixties and seeing one and was like , what the he!! Is that? Doesn't exist was he answer he got.
Seen one up close in the boeing museum of flight in Seattle, what an awe inspiring creation!

05-04-2016 | 08:09 PM

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Big pick of below: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IxSQTa3nhI..._Blackbird.jpg

05-04-2016 | 08:51 PM

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Big pick of below: [url]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/
GOT WOOD! BMF!

05-04-2016 | 08:54 PM

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14 apache

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I love that it fly's faster than a rifle round. Chances of hitting it are slim to none.

05-05-2016 | 05:45 AM

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sutphen 30

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and all built w/ slide rulers and a pencil.plane is a marvel,even today.

05-05-2016 | 05:47 AM

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sutphen 30

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think I'll shape my bravo lowers like that frontal profile,,then I can go mach 1 w/ my hair on fire.

05-05-2016 | 05:54 AM

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Got chills reading that...probably the greatest aircraft ever built. Especially considering it was built without computer modeling

05-05-2016 | 08:06 AM

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oconnor marine

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Originally Posted by 14 apache

Was on TV last night my favorite plane. Love the ram jets there is a video of them testing the engines on a stand. Think they used a 8 cylinder Oldsmobile to start them.

. 1964 The a12 oxcart was actually the 1st black birds for cia.then in 1968 the Sr71 took over and the a12 was mothballed. Original start carts buik wild cat motors in the 60's and early 70's then Chevy 454's for the remainder of their career.