And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sixty years on, and still the fastest, highest flying airplane ever built.
While our modern jets are heavily laden with electronics and stealth, they seem to becoming slower, lower top altitude and shorter range planes. The F18 and F35 being cases in point. The F22 being a case against, but it is 20 years old, and we only have 180 or so.
The A-12 Oxcart was the armed version of the SR-71.
ReplyDeleteSixty years on, and still the fastest, highest flying airplane ever built.
ReplyDeleteWhile our modern jets are heavily laden with electronics and stealth, they seem to becoming slower, lower top altitude and shorter range planes. The F18 and F35 being cases in point. The F22 being a case against, but it is 20 years old, and we only have 180 or so.
Hey buddy, wanna run for pink slips ?
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