SR-71 Blackbird

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 30, 2023 by David Rosenthal · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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May 30, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Rosenthal: SR-71 spike inlet system provides 75% of Mach 3 thrust
“The spike system is a supercharger for the engines. It provides three quarters of the thrust needed to get to Mach three plus and sustain it.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 2:06:22 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023
Assertion Supported
Pentagon Ordered Skunk Works to Destroy SR-71 Tooling in 1970
“In 1970, the Pentagon cancels further orders, and they order Skunk Works to destroy all of the titanium tooling for it so that no more can ever be built.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 2:14:26 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
SR-71 Remains the Highest and Fastest Air-Breathing Crewed Flight in History
“It is still to this day, unless there are classified programs we don't know about, the highest and fastest humans have ever flown without rocket propulsion.”
Ben Gilbert May 30, 2023 ▶ 2:00:38 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023
Assertion Supported
US Sourced Soviet Titanium Through Dummy Corporations for the SR-71
“So the government and Lockheed set up a bunch of dummy corporations. In Europe, like European incorporated dummy corporations. Yes. And they source a large amount of the titanium that goes into the Blackbirds, the A-Twelfs and then the Blackbirds, out of the S…”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 2:01:51 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
May 30, 2023
Assertion Supported
Rosenthal: SR-71 Blackbird was born from the CIA's A-12 Oxcart program
“The Blackbird was not a CIA airplane. The program that the Blackbird ultimately came out of was the A-II Oxcart.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 1:56:34 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
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