SR-71 Speed
01-24-2011, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Razor
Aspen was the sled call sign and Pinon (as in pinon pine tree) is for the U-2.
Ya, that's right. I can't remember the call signs that NASA used on the TR-1 / U2, and their brief stint flying the SR-71.
01-24-2011, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss
Tony, once you get above 60,000 feet the winds are generally pretty light averaging about 10 to 20 knots as you are above the level of the jet stream.
My point exactly. Same thing at the equator.
01-30-2011, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyWilliams
I can't remember the call signs that NASA used on the TR-1 / U2,...
And they are ER-2's, not U-2's/TR-1's.
For the record, the TR-1 designation went away in Oct 1992.
02-08-2011, 12:11 PM
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My father was working for NASA as the director of the High Altitude Test Research at Moffett field. They were phasing out the U-2 c models and was having a hard time getting NASA to fund a new jet. He had talked to Lockheed and they came up with the ER-2 designation, ( Earth Resources -2) and had a production slot but NASA was dragging their feet. He finally got ****ed and thru his Visa card down saying " G-dmit just charge the thing on this". Two weeks later he got the funding and ended up with 2 ER-2's.
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