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Military Aviation
Last SR-71 Blackbird engine test in full afterburner at Edwards Air Force Base
“To experience a J58 in full burner close up and personal is hard to describe. Picture a gigantic blow torch, 40 inches in diameter, putting out a blue-yellow-orange flame over 50 feet long. Imagine standing […]