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.
(Don McCollor)...A beautiful machine, an intercontinental bomber designed with slide rules able to cruse at Mach 3 at 70,000 feet. Her time was past when she was finally ready to fly. Engineers were giants back in those days..
My dad worked on the plant that was going to produce the special fuel for these planes. There was more than one accident, with fatalities, and mom was glad when it ended, even if it meant dad was looking for a job again. He was a Chem E, and I was too young to know the stress they must have gone through. The neighbors must have wondered what was up when the FBI came around asking about him for the clearance.
Been through that many times. People worth knowing hear the investigators say "he's not in any trouble, we are investigating him so he can get a job". Idiots ask if you are in trouble. The investigators tend to ignore input from the idiots.
I saw it do a flyover in 1968 at Carswell AFB. Awesome and beautiful machine. Can't remember why I went to the kitchen ;-) but I can still see it in my mind.
The survivor is at the USAF museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton. The fuselage was made of stainless steel face sheet honeycomb with brazed stainless honeycomb core. One of the problems they had was paint adhesion as is usual with stainless. It would come back from supersonic flights with a bunch of paint peeled off.
XB70, was just watching a utube about it last night.
ReplyDeleteA work of art and a result of white supremacy and privilege.
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DeleteWhen it tries government can create some awesome things. This was probably one man's vision and not a committee.
ReplyDeleteThat was more than 50 years ago, two whole generations. Not so much anymore.
DeleteThe Pontiac Aztek was designed by a committee, the Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe was designed by on man.
DeletePretty quick, too.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of old saying, "Just because you can build something, should you"
ReplyDelete(Don McCollor)...A beautiful machine, an intercontinental bomber designed with slide rules able to cruse at Mach 3 at 70,000 feet. Her time was past when she was finally ready to fly. Engineers were giants back in those days..
ReplyDeleteMy dad worked on the plant that was going to produce the special fuel for these planes. There was more than one accident, with fatalities, and mom was glad when it ended, even if it meant dad was looking for a job again. He was a Chem E, and I was too young to know the stress they must have gone through. The neighbors must have wondered what was up when the FBI came around asking about him for the clearance.
ReplyDeleteBeen through that many times. People worth knowing hear the investigators say "he's not in any trouble, we are investigating him so he can get a job". Idiots ask if you are in trouble. The investigators tend to ignore input from the idiots.
DeleteLost due to a photo-op flight, for the engine maker, IIRC.
ReplyDeleteI saw it do a flyover in 1968 at Carswell AFB. Awesome and beautiful machine. Can't remember why I went to the kitchen ;-) but I can still see it in my mind.
ReplyDeleteThe survivor is at the USAF museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton. The fuselage was made of stainless steel face sheet honeycomb with brazed stainless honeycomb core. One of the problems they had was paint adhesion as is usual with stainless. It would come back from supersonic flights with a bunch of paint peeled off.
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