Fnord:
I kinda figured as such. It isn't so much that she'll be fast inside the Limit - that would be a nice bonus. Where she'll really shine would be once she gets outside the Limit. That's when she really cuts loose and sets some records.
Also, I think I ought to say that she isn't directly related to Ptichka at all. I just figured that since the Blackbird has that similar need-for-speed shape to it that the Handwavium kinda treats it as a cousin of sorts.
Ebony:
Huh? Uh, I'm sorry, since when was the '71 suddenly reclassified? There may be certain aspects about it that may still be classified, but I'm pretty sure those bits and pieces are removed from the Museum Pieces and probably the mothballed craft, too.
In fact, I've seen such a Blackbird in person when I was back home in San Antonio and we went to Lackland AFB to see the old sights. On display is SR-71A #17979. In fact, here's a photo gallery of #17979.
Even all the other variants have been declassified, such as the A-12 OXCART and the YF-12A. What you're probably thinking about is the Aurora rather than the Blackbird. Or maybe it was Lockheed's Blackstar Space Plane?
All that aside, do I have any other suggestions?
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o
I kinda figured as such. It isn't so much that she'll be fast inside the Limit - that would be a nice bonus. Where she'll really shine would be once she gets outside the Limit. That's when she really cuts loose and sets some records.
Also, I think I ought to say that she isn't directly related to Ptichka at all. I just figured that since the Blackbird has that similar need-for-speed shape to it that the Handwavium kinda treats it as a cousin of sorts.
Ebony:
Huh? Uh, I'm sorry, since when was the '71 suddenly reclassified? There may be certain aspects about it that may still be classified, but I'm pretty sure those bits and pieces are removed from the Museum Pieces and probably the mothballed craft, too.
In fact, I've seen such a Blackbird in person when I was back home in San Antonio and we went to Lackland AFB to see the old sights. On display is SR-71A #17979. In fact, here's a photo gallery of #17979.
Even all the other variants have been declassified, such as the A-12 OXCART and the YF-12A. What you're probably thinking about is the Aurora rather than the Blackbird. Or maybe it was Lockheed's Blackstar Space Plane?
All that aside, do I have any other suggestions?
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o