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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (a.k.a. R2-D2) worked by... by EdwardCoffin on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:50PM (#37652401)
They were initially Buicks, then Chevy later on [1]

[1] https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Engines/starting-t...

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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (a.k.a. R2-D2) worked by... by EdwardDiego on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:36PM (#37652781)
That was a great read, thank you. TIL about TEB, and how at one point they were investigating coal slurry as a fuel? (Although tbh that sounds like someone having fun on Wikipedia).
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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (a.k.a. R2-D2) worked by... by EdwardCoffin on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:39PM (#37653250)
You can hear the starter cart in some of the YouTube videos, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFO--wzFfUs - it really gets going around the two minute mark.
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