Warbird Information Exchange

FLYING magazine just sent me this, the "Darkstar" film prop is on display at the Palm Springs Air museum.
They will have a series of speakers discussing the aircraft and some interactive features.
The Flying article also gives some information on how Lockheed Martin built it.


https://www.flyingmag.com/movie-star-ai ... CAMPAIGNID%&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=FLY-NL-Daily&oly_enc_id=7798A0362067C7R

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That would be fun to see. I have one quibble about the article. It states "(Reality check: The closest a piloted aircraft has come to Mach 10 is the SR-71 Blackbird designed by Lockheed’s Kelly Johnson during the Cold War that reached Mach 3.3 or 2,531.988 mph.)". That is true for an air-breathing piloted aircraft, but the X-15 reached Mach 6.7 or 4520 mph.

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