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Read Mig Pilot - On spy missions they would get to altitudes where the -25 was just closing in on them but still out of range, light up the afterburners and leave them in the dust, the SR-71s would then turn around (probaby a 150 mile turn radius) and come streaking back at the -25s. About this time the Mig-25 was running out of fuel...Aggie08 said:I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?
the Lightning had a far better chance to take out a bomber than the F4.
Aggie08 said:I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?
DerAdlerIstGelandet said:Aggie08 said:I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?
Also the SR-71s top speed any how was faster than that of the Mig-25. The top speed of the SR-71 is still classified.
So do I but even at mach 3.3 it was faster than every plane in existance and some AA missles as well.FLYBOYJ said:DerAdlerIstGelandet said:Aggie08 said:I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?
Also the SR-71s top speed any how was faster than that of the Mig-25. The top speed of the SR-71 is still classified.
The top speed of the SR-71 ever published was mach 3.3, there are those that say it could fly faster than that, I believe them!!!
On 3 August, 1945, this strange-looking craft took to the air for the first time after many delays in acquiring necessary parts and solving some of the engine ground-cooling problems. The second and last of the two short flights was completed just as the war came to an end. Total flying time for the Shinden was approximately 45 minutes.
Of the few items to be corrected was the strong torque pull to the right on takeoff and noticeable vibration in the propeller and its extended drive shaft. Solutions were underway to correct these problems, but both would have been negated by the planned use of the 1 ,984 Ib thrust Ne 130 turbojet for an advanced model which was to have been the J7W2 Shinden Kai.
syscom3 said:The SR71 was not a bomber.
I agree 100%...There is a host of engineering problems with trying to precision hit something when your traveling at Mach 3