SR-71 Blackbird. Aseistamaton vakoilukone...
Joo, minunkin ehdoton suosikki. Lainauksia Clarksonin you got soul- kirjasta
"Flat out only 20% of the thrust is produced by engines themselves. In essence these big pointy things that stick out of the intakes steer most of the air into escape channels that never go anywhere near the blades. This air is simply compressed and then as it gets to exhaust, ignited. And more air you push in, the more thrust you get."
70-luvulla tollasta teknologiaa, ilman mitään kunnon tietokoneita.
Tosin vaikka niitä ei alas ammutukaan, niin kyllä niitä silti tippui aika reippaasti, moottoreissa ilmeisesti ongelmia
"Occasionnally one of these engines will suffer from what the pilots coall an unstart. You'll be flying along when it will suddenly 'burp', ejecting air not from the back but from the front- This is bad news, because all of the sudden you have full thrust from one side of the plane and full drag from other."
Vittumainen tapa kuolla varmaan kyllä. Tosin tostakin voi näköjään selvitä.
"Of all the 40 blackbirds made, 20 have crashed, killing all sorts of Lockheed engineers and CIA operatives who were sitting in the back. But amazingly, when you think of the speed they're going when they bale out, not a single USAF pilot has ever died at the wheel"
Mutta vaikka hieman ongelmia onkin ollut, on se mielestäni uskomattomin militaristinen vehje ever.
Miten nuo kaikki on kuvattu? Ydinpommien kuvissa palmut ja kaikki maanpinnalle kasvanut/rakennettu haihtuu pölyksi, mutta kamerat hieman tärisee? Onko niissä mieletön zoomi vai mikä? 
