±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 641
Total: 641
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Member Screenshots
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: Treasury
06: Photo Gallery
07: Community Forums
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Photo Gallery
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Member Screenshots
15: Downloads
16: News Archive
17: Community Forums
18: Community Forums
19: Member Screenshots
20: Member Screenshots
21: Community Forums
22: Photo Gallery
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: Member Screenshots
26: Downloads
27: Community Forums
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Downloads
31: Community Forums
32: Home
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Community Forums
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: News
40: Member Screenshots
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Member Screenshots
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Member Screenshots
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Member Screenshots
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Member Screenshots
56: Community Forums
57: Community Forums
58: Downloads
59: Member Screenshots
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: Community Forums
63: Community Forums
64: News
65: Community Forums
66: Member Screenshots
67: Community Forums
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Photo Gallery
71: Home
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Community Forums
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Community Forums
79: News
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: News Archive
83: News
84: Community Forums
85: Photo Gallery
86: Community Forums
87: Photo Gallery
88: Downloads
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Community Forums
92: Photo Gallery
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Community Forums
102: Community Forums
103: Community Forums
104: Member Screenshots
105: Home
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: News Archive
109: Community Forums
110: Community Forums
111: Community Forums
112: Community Forums
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Home
116: Home
117: Community Forums
118: Community Forums
119: Community Forums
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: News Archive
123: Photo Gallery
124: Community Forums
125: Home
126: Community Forums
127: Downloads
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Home
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Home
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Home
141: Member Screenshots
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Member Screenshots
145: Community Forums
146: Community Forums
147: Photo Gallery
148: Photo Gallery
149: Community Forums
150: Photo Gallery
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Downloads
157: Home
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Member Screenshots
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: News Archive
168: Community Forums
169: Member Screenshots
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Member Screenshots
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: Home
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Community Forums
188: News
189: Photo Gallery
190: Community Forums
191: Community Forums
192: Home
193: Downloads
194: Home
195: Community Forums
196: Community Forums
197: Community Forums
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: Home
205: Downloads
206: Community Forums
207: Treasury
208: Community Forums
209: Photo Gallery
210: Community Forums
211: News Archive
212: Member Screenshots
213: Community Forums
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: Community Forums
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: Downloads
221: Community Forums
222: Member Screenshots
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: Downloads
227: Home
228: Community Forums
229: Member Screenshots
230: Community Forums
231: Photo Gallery
232: Downloads
233: Home
234: Community Forums
235: Community Forums
236: Member Screenshots
237: Community Forums
238: Community Forums
239: Community Forums
240: Community Forums
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Member Screenshots
245: Community Forums
246: Member Screenshots
247: Downloads
248: Community Forums
249: Photo Gallery
250: Photo Gallery
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Home
255: Community Forums
256: Member Screenshots
257: Community Forums
258: Community Forums
259: Community Forums
260: Home
261: Photo Gallery
262: Photo Gallery
263: Downloads
264: Home
265: Community Forums
266: Member Screenshots
267: Home
268: Community Forums
269: Home
270: Downloads
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: News Archive
275: Community Forums
276: Community Forums
277: Member Screenshots
278: Downloads
279: News Archive
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: News Archive
283: News Archive
284: News Archive
285: Community Forums
286: Member Screenshots
287: Home
288: News
289: Member Screenshots
290: Downloads
291: Home
292: Member Screenshots
293: Community Forums
294: Downloads
295: Home
296: Photo Gallery
297: Photo Gallery
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Community Forums
301: Photo Gallery
302: Community Forums
303: News
304: Community Forums
305: Home
306: Community Forums
307: Contact
308: Downloads
309: Photo Gallery
310: Member Screenshots
311: Member Screenshots
312: Your Account
313: Home
314: Community Forums
315: Photo Gallery
316: Community Forums
317: Community Forums
318: Home
319: Photo Gallery
320: Photo Gallery
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Community Forums
324: Home
325: Home
326: Community Forums
327: Community Forums
328: Downloads
329: Member Screenshots
330: Photo Gallery
331: Photo Gallery
332: Photo Gallery
333: Member Screenshots
334: Home
335: Community Forums
336: Community Forums
337: Community Forums
338: Member Screenshots
339: Community Forums
340: Photo Gallery
341: Photo Gallery
342: Downloads
343: Member Screenshots
344: Home
345: Community Forums
346: Photo Gallery
347: Home
348: Home
349: Home
350: Home
351: Member Screenshots
352: Downloads
353: Home
354: Community Forums
355: Member Screenshots
356: Community Forums
357: Community Forums
358: Community Forums
359: Community Forums
360: Community Forums
361: Member Screenshots
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Downloads
365: Community Forums
366: Community Forums
367: Community Forums
368: Community Forums
369: Community Forums
370: Community Forums
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Statistics
374: Home
375: Downloads
376: Community Forums
377: Community Forums
378: Community Forums
379: Community Forums
380: Community Forums
381: News Archive
382: Member Screenshots
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Community Forums
388: Community Forums
389: Community Forums
390: Community Forums
391: Member Screenshots
392: Community Forums
393: Community Forums
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Photo Gallery
402: Downloads
403: News
404: Community Forums
405: Downloads
406: Home
407: Community Forums
408: Community Forums
409: News
410: Community Forums
411: Community Forums
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Member Screenshots
415: Community Forums
416: Photo Gallery
417: News Archive
418: Member Screenshots
419: Member Screenshots
420: Community Forums
421: Member Screenshots
422: Community Forums
423: Community Forums
424: Community Forums
425: Community Forums
426: Community Forums
427: Community Forums
428: Community Forums
429: News Archive
430: Community Forums
431: Community Forums
432: Statistics
433: Home
434: Community Forums
435: Photo Gallery
436: Community Forums
437: Home
438: Community Forums
439: Member Screenshots
440: Community Forums
441: Community Forums
442: Home
443: Home
444: Photo Gallery
445: Community Forums
446: Community Forums
447: Community Forums
448: Home
449: Home
450: Downloads
451: Home
452: Home
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: Community Forums
457: Home
458: News
459: News
460: Home
461: Home
462: Community Forums
463: News Archive
464: Home
465: Member Screenshots
466: Member Screenshots
467: Statistics
468: Member Screenshots
469: Home
470: Downloads
471: Community Forums
472: Home
473: Member Screenshots
474: Downloads
475: Photo Gallery
476: Home
477: Community Forums
478: Community Forums
479: Photo Gallery
480: Community Forums
481: Photo Gallery
482: Photo Gallery
483: Community Forums
484: Home
485: Member Screenshots
486: Home
487: Community Forums
488: Photo Gallery
489: Home
490: Photo Gallery
491: Community Forums
492: Home
493: Community Forums
494: Member Screenshots
495: Member Screenshots
496: Community Forums
497: Member Screenshots
498: Community Forums
499: Photo Gallery
500: Community Forums
501: Community Forums
502: Photo Gallery
503: Home
504: Member Screenshots
505: Member Screenshots
506: Statistics
507: Community Forums
508: Photo Gallery
509: Home
510: Photo Gallery
511: Community Forums
512: Home
513: Community Forums
514: Community Forums
515: Home
516: News Archive
517: Downloads
518: Home
519: Community Forums
520: Member Screenshots
521: Community Forums
522: Photo Gallery
523: Community Forums
524: Home
525: Home
526: Community Forums
527: News Archive
528: Downloads
529: Member Screenshots
530: Member Screenshots
531: Community Forums
532: News Archive
533: Community Forums
534: Community Forums
535: Community Forums
536: Home
537: News
538: Home
539: Community Forums
540: Downloads
541: Downloads
542: Community Forums
543: Community Forums
544: Home
545: Photo Gallery
546: Community Forums
547: Community Forums
548: Downloads
549: Community Forums
550: Community Forums
551: Community Forums
552: Downloads
553: Photo Gallery
554: Community Forums
555: Downloads
556: Member Screenshots
557: Member Screenshots
558: Community Forums
559: Community Forums
560: Community Forums
561: Community Forums
562: Home
563: Downloads
564: Photo Gallery
565: Home
566: Community Forums
567: Community Forums
568: News Archive
569: Downloads
570: Community Forums
571: Community Forums
572: Community Forums
573: Community Forums
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Community Forums
577: Home
578: Member Screenshots
579: Home
580: Downloads
581: Photo Gallery
582: Community Forums
583: Community Forums
584: Community Forums
585: Community Forums
586: Community Forums
587: Community Forums
588: Community Forums
589: Community Forums
590: Member Screenshots
591: Member Screenshots
592: Community Forums
593: Community Forums
594: Home
595: Community Forums
596: Member Screenshots
597: Community Forums
598: Community Forums
599: News Archive
600: Community Forums
601: Member Screenshots
602: Home
603: Photo Gallery
604: Community Forums
605: Downloads
606: Community Forums
607: Photo Gallery
608: Member Screenshots
609: Member Screenshots
610: Member Screenshots
611: Community Forums
612: Community Forums
613: News
614: Downloads
615: News
616: Community Forums
617: Community Forums
618: Community Forums
619: Home
620: Community Forums
621: News Archive
622: Community Forums
623: Community Forums
624: Photo Gallery
625: Community Forums
626: Home
627: Community Forums
628: Community Forums
629: Community Forums
630: Community Forums
631: Community Forums
632: Downloads
633: Community Forums
634: Home
635: Community Forums
636: Community Forums
637: Community Forums
638: Community Forums
639: Community Forums
640: Community Forums
641: Downloads

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
SR71 engine
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:33 pm
Post subject: SR71 engine

Took this from another forum, to which I subscribe:-



We listened as the shaky voice of a lone Cessna pilot who asked Center for a read-out of his ground speed. Center replied: "November Charlie 175, I'm showing you at ninety knots on the ground." Now the thing to understand about Center controllers, was that whether they were talking to a rookie pilot in a Cessna, or to Air Force One, they always spoke in the exact same, calm, deep, professional tone that made one feel important. I referred to it as the "Houston Center voice." I have always felt that after years of seeing documentaries on this country's space program and listening to the calm and distinct voice of the Houston controllers, that all other controllers since then wanted to sound like that and that they basically did. And it didn't matter what sector of the country we would be flying in, it always seemed like the same guy was talking. Over the years that tone of voice had become somewhat of a comforting sound to pilots everywhere. Conversely, over the years, pilots always wanted to ensure that, when transmitting, they sounded like Chuck Yeager, or at least like John Wayne. Better to die than sound bad on the radios.

Just moments after the Cessna's inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency, in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed in Beech. "I have you at one hundred and twenty-five knots of ground speed." Boy, I thought, the Beechcraft really must think he is dazzling his Cessna brethren.

Then out of the blue, a navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. "Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check." Before Center could reply, I'm thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a read-out? Then I got it, ol' Dusty here is making sure that every bug smasher from Mount Whitney to the Mojave knows what true speed is. He's the fastest dude in the valley today, and he just wants everyone to know how much fun he is having in his new Hornet. And the reply, always with that same, calm, voice, with more distinct alliteration than emotion: "Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground." And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what? As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios. Still, I thought, it must be done—in mere seconds we'll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost. That Hornet must die, and die now. I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming. I was torn.

Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet. Then, I heard it—the click of the mic button from the back seat. That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew. Very professionally, and with no emotion, Walter spoke: "Los Angeles Center, Aspen 20, can you give us a ground speed check?" There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request.

"Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground." I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling. But the precise point at which I knew that Walt and I were going to be really good friends for a long time was when he keyed the mic once again to say, in his most fighter-pilot-like voice: "Ah, Center, much thanks, we're showing closer to nineteen hundred on the money."

For a moment Walter was a god. And we finally heard a little crack in the armor of the Houston Center voice, when L.A. came back with, "Roger that Aspen. Your equipment is probably more accurate than ours. You boys have a good one." It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day's work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast. For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there.



_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:01 pm
Post subject: Re: SR71 engine

I still think it looked better when it had the array of Webers on it instead of that characterless fuel injection system.

Almost as cool was the "start cart" for these, consisting of twin nailhead Buicks with good ol' Holley carburetors on 'em, just as God intended. Later they went to Chevy 454's.

www.wvi.com/~sr71webma...330_sr.htm

Mr. Green

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum