I worked in Oak Ridge, Tn. also (Breeder Reactor) and you couldn't
swing a dead cat without hitting a Phd in that town!
LarryT
On 11/26/2014 12:43 PM, Erik Nielsen
wrote:
Add Werner von Braun to the list of 20th century
engineering geniuses.
I started my career off at Oak Ridge National Lab,
still can’t really discuss those guys in public, if we
celebrated metal talent at just 25% of the way we do physical
talent, life would be a lot better for all of us...
Erik, Clyde,
Sled Driver was a great book. The new
version is even better. If any of you are a fan of
Sled Driver, Brian has released a new updated
version of the book and both go along with "The
Untouchables" which was his follow on to the
original Sled Driver. Now that I'm retired an my
days of flying CAP for the SR's over the Barents are
long behind me I've moved back to Northern Calif.
and live very near Mr. Shul and have talked with him
many times and visited his Studio/Gallery in
Marysville (Just outside of Beale where the
Blackbirds roosted).
Rich Graham is a great guy and we've had
several conversations over the years ( I chased him
down at the Pentagon an made a HABU pitch at him in
the 80s). Rich has also authored a number of books
(4 or 5 now) which are all great reads if you are
into this.
As I mentioned in my F1 rant, my heroes are
the designers (Murray, Tyrrell, Brawn, etc) but for
anyone who purports themselves as an engineer, the
GOD of all modern day engineers is Kelly Johnson.
He too has an autobiography just called "Kelly" but
perhaps the best book regarding the A12/SR71 and all
its variants is by Kelly's protege and successor,
Ben Rich simply called "Skunkworks". Ben designed
the inlet spike/throat/doors on the SRs and if you
don't understand what that means to the speed of the
aircraft, you are truly missing a monstrous
achievement from the mind of man. And it still
stands today. It was a sad day when they retired
the SR71s... both times.
Thanks for
sharing that video, Clyde. I'll call Rich and find
out if that will be released as a DVD? It's about
time I make another donation to the JT Vida
foundation.
Rick
Sled Driver is a great book
But nothing like the interview
which is long on the link I sent out
It covers everything from
pilot selection to mission profile bases
Dets airframe performance
Most of what he says was
classified at the secret level years ago
He even talks of camera
resolution which was un heard of and
highly classified
And great book to read on this
subject since this is what I did on
another level is the the book
The Big Safari
Happy holidays to all
And yes your son is lucky
indeed to see a national asset such as
that everyday
In victory you deserve
Champagne
In defeat you need it!
Scars are Tattoos
with better stories !
If you follow all
the rules
You miss all the
fun!
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If you get bored this holiday
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Erik
very lucky to
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60-6930, one of the original A12s from
the program, my son sees it 2x a day
going to and from school...
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neat
stuff, but
very basic
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This
video is
available for
purchase.
Please contact
me if you
would like to
purchase a
dvd.
Autographed
copies by
Richard Graham
are available
as well. Email
me at veterantales [at] gmail.com
Richard Graham
was nice
enough to give
us a cockpit
checkout in
both the pilot
and RSO
stations. We
shot this on
location at
the Frontiers
of Flight
Museum at Love
Field Dallas
Texas. This
simulator was
used to train
every
operational SR
pilot before
they ever set
foot in the
actual plane.
Here is he
link to the
entire
interview I
did with Rich.
I hope you
like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeBu6mRDaro&feature=c4-overview&list=UUYYT43aHuHaVcdbuJ4YYCjw
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In victory
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In defeat
you need it!
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