My Jeep and an SR71 Blackbird

[silvercert]

I am here in San Antonio and am getting really board so I decided to take a few pictures of my Jeep and my favorite plane of all time. This is on Lackland AFB. Im here for the NCOA.

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/8009b8e8.jpg

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/18d4e2ad.jpg

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/4a8fe5ea.jpg

[lost1]

What a feat of engineering that thing was.

The plane I mean.

And the jeep.


wait... *confused*

[[]V[]AXX]

I am here in San Antonio and am getting really board so I decided to take a few pictures of my Jeep and my favorite plane of all time. This is on Lackland AFB. Im here for the NCOA.

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/8009b8e8.jpg

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/18d4e2ad.jpg

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/SILVERCERT/4a8fe5ea.jpg

Finally! Something that gets worse fuel mileage than the Original Big Ol' SUV. I knew I loved those things for a reason!

[budojeepr]

Love the last pic. Excellent composition and lighting, really sets the mood.

Stratospheric, man!

[DerekTJeep]

Wow cool!!! Nice pictures :)

[gladman]

cool pictures! the first thing I thought was... both leaked like crazy until they get to altitude and speed... then it didn't matter...

What a great age that was for industrial design....

[mark j]

I wonder which one gets better fuel mileage?

[Wayne]

I know which one goes faster ;)

[AMC-J/20]

:eek: Fuel Mileage :confused: When your looking that cool who cares about fuel mileage:thumbsup:

FSJ's ain't about getting 20mpg, there all about looking cool ;)

They are the brutes of the legendary Jeep line rolling on 4 . .6 well . .even 10 wheel's they ain't for sipping gas and hugging tree's no no they are all about Guzzling fuel and acctually getting something done :D

Now if your into sweet mileage i hear Jeep is now power by Mini Van V-6's and neon I-4's :( . . . even the 2.5/4.0 burnt a decent amount of fuel them selves, but then again they also got some thing done :cool:

Mike

[mike12]

not good in snow ho ho ho :fsj:

[spiydr]

Nice pics. I spent a few weeks on that base. :)

[Joe Guilbeau]

Get the Jeep running smooth?

Tel 854-8632

[silvercert]

Get the Jeep running smooth?

Tel 854-8632

no not yet. Its drivable just a littlr rusty. You gonna be around tomorrow or monday?

[FSJ Guy]

And they both leak from the factory, new.

(Yes, the SR71 was designed to leak. The seams sealed in flight when it heated up)

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

And they both leak from the factory, new.

(Yes, the SR71 was designed to leak. The seams sealed in flight when it heated up)
Most jets are like that, our F/A-18's leak fuel like its going out of style :eek: til they warm up. The flight line looks like a giant Jeep parkin lot lol

[FSJ Guy]

Most jets are like that, our F/A-18's leak fuel like its going out of style :eek: til they warm up. The flight line looks like a giant Jeep parkin lot lol

I didn't know that. I thought the SR71 was special. Now I can tell people that my Jeep is just like those high performance military jets. :rolleyes:

[Cherokee Man]

I know which one goes faster ;)

I just returned from seeing the SR71 in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum outside DC. I picked up some other tidbits of trivia you may find interesting:

1. The bird in the Smithsonian took its last flight in 1990. It flew from LA to DC in 64 minutes. That is faster than a bullet fired from a 30.06 hunting rifle.

2. They were too heavy to take off with a full load of fuel. So standard practice was to top off their tanks mid-air with refueling planes.

3. At room temperature, the fuel was rock solid so had to be heated up be able to pour it into the plane.

[Brizio]

COOL Pics!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[jeeperjoe]

yeah! ive seen close ups at edwards a.base, those leave a lot to feel better about oil leaking, buckets catch oil running, couldnt imagine a larger hydraulic tank to fuel storage, makes the ooold jeep look good, from the pac coast, you coul be up and down having a brewski in the panhandle inside 1 hour, youd need 1, from body shock

[grand_wag_85]

Cool pic! I thought the SR71 had a more rounded canopy, guess I've never really looked.