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I had the opportunity to sit in a NASA YF-12A at Edwards AFB in CA when I was TDY there years ago. It was one of two, I think, that were the prototypes that led to the SR-71. The cockpit was certainly crude by todays standards. It had vertical tape instruments and a control stick three feet long as I recall. The most interesting part of the walk around was the fuel leaking out of it and the wrinkled skin that wouldn't get taut until heat was applied (like friction).
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double ugly
The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
Last edited by double ugly; 02-09-2008 at 11:41 PM..
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