You are; either mistakenly referring to the SR-71 Blackbird, or to some other presently unknown aircraft. The Blackbird was common knowledge before 1970. I and a friend saw a rapid contrail that year, which we timed and estimated to be at Mach 3, and there was only one aircraft capable of that.
Don't doubt you? I've only been in the advanced aerospace business for 40 years, and keep my ear to the rail. Why should I believe you, when you seem to get your information garbled? Lots of imaginary technology touted on this page.
You are correct . I'm old and don't remember alpha numeric named aircraft that aren't relevant anymore. The SR 71 ( thanks for that) was NOT common knowledge. Don't doubt me .kek
Explain to me, then why I was able to read about it in the 1960s in Popular Science magazine, and was able to identify it in flight in 1970. It was common knowledge among those who followed aerospace matters. Not much among those who trained horses. Apparently, it was not common knowledge for you.
Not a problem. This illustrates the difficulty with assessing history, in that much of history in modern times is partitioned among specialty communities. The reader of Popular Science might have known. The reader of Redbook almost certainly would not have known. And now that there is a proliferation of internet topic channels and podcasts, awareness is even more fragmented.
Just trundle out the old bat-signal and I will arrive to save the day!
You are; either mistakenly referring to the SR-71 Blackbird, or to some other presently unknown aircraft. The Blackbird was common knowledge before 1970. I and a friend saw a rapid contrail that year, which we timed and estimated to be at Mach 3, and there was only one aircraft capable of that.
Don't doubt you? I've only been in the advanced aerospace business for 40 years, and keep my ear to the rail. Why should I believe you, when you seem to get your information garbled? Lots of imaginary technology touted on this page.
You are correct . I'm old and don't remember alpha numeric named aircraft that aren't relevant anymore. The SR 71 ( thanks for that) was NOT common knowledge. Don't doubt me .kek
Explain to me, then why I was able to read about it in the 1960s in Popular Science magazine, and was able to identify it in flight in 1970. It was common knowledge among those who followed aerospace matters. Not much among those who trained horses. Apparently, it was not common knowledge for you.
You win . I graciously concede defeat. Next time batman
Not a problem. This illustrates the difficulty with assessing history, in that much of history in modern times is partitioned among specialty communities. The reader of Popular Science might have known. The reader of Redbook almost certainly would not have known. And now that there is a proliferation of internet topic channels and podcasts, awareness is even more fragmented.
Just trundle out the old bat-signal and I will arrive to save the day!