I've seen the one kept at the USAF museum. These are incredible machines.
Even more so when you consider this is late 1950s early 60s technology.
Even more so when you consider this is late 1950s early 60s technology.
That was the peak of human achievement. It will take us a thousand years to go back to those days, if we ever get there again.
"So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
Dr. Gonzo penned those words for the suckers bet false hope and lie of hippiedom, but they also work in context and timeframe for Western Civilization as a whole. That Post-War to Nixon era was the Crest of the Wave. The detritus and flotsam then sludged in to subsume the best we had to offer.
And then in 1965 niggers ruined any achievements we could make
Same here, pretty impressive https://pic8.co/sh/iAUj8s.jpeg
Is that air and space museum in Washington?
SAC museum Nebraska
a lot of people seem to think now is the height of technology, but that era was the peak of analog computing. we may be masters of digital computing, but the people then could make op amps do ballet.
SR-71 is truly awesome. Imagine the feeling of being the pilot of one.
I'd probably wet myself. Lol
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