Wednesday, December 28, 2016

That's A Name Tag WIN!


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There's Some Truth To This Unfortunately


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And I Have The Scars To Prove It


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I Need A Pair Of These

Nike Air Force 1 Low “Mushroom”


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Did You Know - SR71 Blackbird Edition

29 Things You Didn't Know About the SR-71 Blackbird

6. The jets need roughly 680 hp to get started
  • There were a few ways to start the J58, but one of them was hooking up a pair of Buick Wildcat V8s together and spinning the engine until it fires up. Each of those engines was good for 340 hp. 
7. BF Goodrich had to develop special tires because it’s so heavy
  • It’s so damn heavy -- 170,000 pounds -- that BF Goodrich had no choice but to develop special aluminum-reinforced tires that could take the abuse, and even then, the life span was about 20 landings. Slowing that much mass down safely isn’t easy, so a parachute during landing helped scrub off speed so it wouldn't shoot past the end of the runway.
 
8. The founder of Polaroid was in charge of the team that evaluated the Blackbird’s design
  • If you think about it, it makes sense: the SR-71 was a spy plane, and Dr. Edwin Land knew a ton about photography.
 
17. The Blackbird’s missile avoidance technique was a middle finger to would-be attackers
  • During it’s decades of service, enemies with itchy trigger fingers fired in excess of 1,000 missiles in the hope of taking down the high flyer. The evasive maneuver used by most pilots? Hit the throttle and laugh, since missiles couldn’t go as fast. Not a single one was ever shot down.
Complete list (Thrillist.com)