Tankerdude
Airman
- 11
- Dec 31, 2022
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So guess I'm done, thanks for your attention.
Not sure I will contribute much here. I am an aeronautical engineer and as a student engineer worked with the X-15, XB-70, and especially the M2-F2 at NASA Edwards so I have a lot of information but of a different era. I knew the X-1 crew chief and the inventor of the mach meter, but obviously nothing about WWII aircraft.
Welcome to the Forum. We'd love to hear about all the aircraft you mentioned. We'd love to hear all stories about aeronautical and aerospace development.Not sure I will contribute much here. I am an aeronautical engineer and as a student engineer worked with the X-15, XB-70, and especially the M2-F2 at NASA Edwards so I have a lot of information but of a different era. I knew the X-1 crew chief and the inventor of the mach meter, but obviously nothing about WWII aircraft.
At least you know you know nothing.Welcome to the Forum. We'd love to hear about all the the aircraft you mentioned. We'd love to hear all stories about aeronautical and aerospace development.
Not knowing anything is my claim to fame here.
It's true;There is a rumor I cannot track down that the SR-71 was originally designated the RS-71 but that President Johnson announced it as the SR-71 at the press announcement, so his error stuck. Never have been able to confirm or deny it
You have learned a lot since you have arrived.Not knowing anything is my claim to fame here.
I briefly worked around SR-71 and U-2 components early in my career when the USAF were pulling some of them out of mothballs.FlyboyJ, many thanks for this. I never worked on it, but my co-op roommate stayed on as a NASA engineer when he graduated and was the project manager when USAF gave a 71 to NASA at the end of their program. He experimented with putting tiny jets onto the upper / lower surfaces, affecting the boundary layer, to control instead of moving surfaces. I'm sending him your report tonight.
Don't bother me with facts.You have learned a lot since you have arrived.
How much is true is subject to debate