SR-71 in RAF Service Query

Weaver · July 25, 2012, 04:19:26 AM

Maybe write the RAF into the development program from the start? Perhaps MI6 planned recce flights in "borrowed" Avro 730s, but when that was cancelled, they agreed a joint program, which subsequently got picked up by the RAF as well as the USAF.

Cobra · July 25, 2012, 04:40:34 AM

Thanks Guys

I now have an Idea I'm Gonna Post when i have all the details Sorted out! Dan

NARSES2 · July 25, 2012, 06:35:44 AM

Quote from: TsrJoe on July 25, 2012, 12:15:30 AM
... AHEM, NO POLITICS OR RELIGION !

cheers, Joe

Exactly Joe, get it back on subject please gentlemen

Chris mit his moderators hat on

pyro-manic · July 25, 2012, 10:55:00 AM

A plausible markings scheme would be the mono roundels and fin flashes seen on the recently delivered first Lightning:

While I'm not a fan of the ever-more-lo-vis look of the roundels (I'd love to see a return to full-colour throughout), it would work well for a machine like the Blackbird, where heating would be an issue.

Hobbes · July 25, 2012, 12:33:37 PM

Hah. Apply the red/white/blue in horizontal streaks, as if the paint had started to melt and was flowing towards the tail...

Gondor · July 25, 2012, 03:07:11 PM

Maybe it could be a high temperature paint research aircraft

Gondor

royabulgaf · July 25, 2012, 04:27:49 PM

"While I'm not a fan of the ever-more-lo-vis look of the roundels (I'd love to see a return to full-colour throughout), it would work well for a machine like the Blackbird, where heating would be an issue."

I don't think the roundels would be a problem. The USAF had red/white/blue national insignia on the Blackbirds.

McColm · July 25, 2012, 08:39:37 PM

RAF crews did fly the French Mirage IV bomber and were offered the B-1As if the Tornado was cancelled. RAF pilots flew the F-117 and have trained on the
B-2.

TsrJoe · July 26, 2012, 10:01:18 AM

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TsrJoe · July 27, 2012, 09:42:26 AM

f... it, whats the point !

BY THE WAY, NICE THREAD DRIFT GUYS, WHILST ITS KINDV FUN SEEING THIS HAPPEN WITH TOPIC AFTER TOPIC, I REALLY DO WONDER SOMETIMES THE MOTIVATION OR INTENTION OF SOME POSTS ON HERE ?

pyro-manic · July 27, 2012, 12:06:53 PM

What happened there?

RussC · July 27, 2012, 01:37:41 PM

Quote from: TsrJoe on July 27, 2012, 09:42:26 AM
f... it, whats the point !

BY THE WAY, NICE THREAD DRIFT GUYS, WHILST ITS KINDV FUN SEEING THIS HAPPEN WITH TOPIC AFTER TOPIC, I REALLY DO WONDER SOMETIMES THE MOTIVATION OR INTENTION OF SOME POSTS ON HERE ?

To be honest, I have no political or other controversy subject axe to grind (and there are forums more suited to that anyway).

But I did want to explore the idea and problem of what could happen if a nefarious person(s) got their hands on a Speedbird' like a 71' or a Backfire, Concorde, or whatever. A what-if design could certainly include Air Pirate machines. Not just terrorism but also high speed smuggling or other acts.

jcf · July 27, 2012, 02:13:41 PM

Dunno Russ, seems like some cack-handed thread trimming, as the joking references to dessert based schemes were also removed.

royabulgaf · July 27, 2012, 04:34:30 PM

"references to dessert based schemes "

You mean the airplane would be camoflaged to look like a pie?

rickshaw · July 27, 2012, 06:29:59 PM

What would it take to convert the Bristol 188 into a useful recce platform? I'd think change the engines to something less thirsty and perhaps increase the fuselage length for greater tankage? Put the cameras in the nose? It'd be the perfect British answer to the SR-71.