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Re:Mach 3.5 Over Libya in an SR-71 Blackbird by AdamN on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:51PM (#35375648)
It's also cool that the whole thing was machined 'loose' so that it would expand as it heated up. Apparently the plane would leak fuel and oil when it was on the ground ...
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Re:Mach 3.5 Over Libya in an SR-71 Blackbird by ridgeguy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:50PM (#35377942)
Yep, JP-7 [1]. Special low vapor pressure to mitigate accidental ignition hazard.

The Sled leaked like a grad student's '69 VW bus in the hangar. Leak-free above > 1.5 Mach.

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