Comment from Jochen
Time March 31, 2012 at 8:33 pm

Hallo Markus, wieder mal ein sehr schönes Interview. Danke dafür und natürlich auch für die vielen Vorläufer.
Ein Hinweis, der SR71 Engine Sketch 1 Link ist leider stillgelegt. Schöne Grüsse von der Alp, Jochen

Comment from MaNo
Time March 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm

Danke :)

Den Link lösch ich gleich raus!

Gruss,
Markus

Comment from Matthias
Time March 31, 2012 at 10:25 pm

Danke für diese sehr gute Folge!
Im FF entsprechend verlinkt.

Comment from MaNo
Time March 31, 2012 at 10:26 pm

super, danke!

Comment from Rick Pontefract
Time April 2, 2012 at 8:16 am

Thank you for an other excellent podcast. I really enjoyed this one – it was fascinating.

Comment from MaNo
Time April 2, 2012 at 8:35 am

glad you liked it :-)
Markus

Comment from Joseph
Time April 3, 2012 at 2:06 am

I’m not the type of person on the edge of his seat during action movies, but after hearing about unstarts I would love to see a video of one if someone can get their hands on one. Great episode.

Comment from MaNo
Time April 3, 2012 at 2:43 pm

please post it if you find one :-)

Markus

Comment from David Stevenson
Time April 4, 2012 at 1:04 am

Hi Markus, another GREAT show, thank you very much.

David

Comment from Boyd Adamson
Time April 4, 2012 at 3:38 am

Another terrific episode, but every time I come to the site I’m reminded of how much I’m missing out on by not keep up with my German studies :)

Comment from MaNo
Time April 4, 2012 at 7:50 am

Thanks David!

Comment from MaNo
Time April 4, 2012 at 7:51 am

See, your teacher was right when he said that one day you’ll regret not studying more :-)

Markus

Comment from Liam
Time April 10, 2012 at 6:27 pm

Another great episode … I always though too (probably from some Discovery Channel misinformation) that the SR-71 leaked fuel like a sieve until it got up to operating temperature :-)

Comment from MaNo
Time April 10, 2012 at 6:29 pm

It does leak fuel as you say, but it’s not so much that this is the reason to refuel directly after take-off. I think that was Rich’s point.

Cheers,
Markus

Comment from Chris
Time April 23, 2012 at 1:15 am

What an interview. Fascinating. the book ‘Skunk Works’ is very interesting on the SR71 too.

Comment from mgb
Time April 26, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Aviation, tech with an enthusiastic and experienced speaker – one of the best podcasts. If you want more detail on the equally heroic task of building the plane see Ben Rich’s “Skunk Works”

Comment from MaNo
Time April 27, 2012 at 7:06 am

yes, a really good book!

Markus

Comment from Scott Williams
Time May 31, 2012 at 5:01 am

here’s a good story reflecting the high rate of aircraft losses. “http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/4fb0630fc6f8fa394d000001/sr-71-portrait?ev=10&evp=tl”

Comment from MaNo
Time May 31, 2012 at 7:08 am

thanks!

Comment from marytee
Time June 8, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Thank you for interviewing Col. Richard Graham who cleared up the myth of the refueling after take-off. I had always thought it was due to leaky tanks. I had a chance to watch on radar, an SR-71 descend into controlled airspace. It took half the US state of Michigan (lower peninsula) to make its descending turn. That’s how thin the air was at 60K feet. Very cool aircraft!

Comment from Martin
Time June 8, 2012 at 10:15 pm

Such an incredible aircraft. Thanks so much for this great podcast that dug into the details.

Comment from Bryan
Time June 16, 2012 at 5:18 pm

This episode is by far in the top 3. Keep them coming! Don’t forget about U2!!

Comment from MaNo
Time June 16, 2012 at 6:52 pm

The U-2 guy already agreed. So it will be coming :-)

Markus

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Comment from Yurgon
Time February 11, 2013 at 12:07 am

Wow, what an impressive podcast. I just learned more about the Blackbird than I’d ever known.

That reminds me of the story of a Blackbird that actually flew /slowly/: http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/speed-is-life.html :)

Hmm, I think I’ll progress to the issue on Jet engines you mentioned and see if I’ll learn as much, though the U-2 issue and quite a few others sound interesting as well. :)

Weiter so!

Comment from MaNo
Time February 11, 2013 at 8:24 am

Viel Spass beim Hören :-)

Markus

Comment from MaNo
Time February 11, 2013 at 8:28 am

Just read your linked story. Impressive!!