The very end of JP7 fuel. The special fuel was made just for an SR-71.
The end of the program, the last drop of JP7
This very last fuel-burning event occurred on the evening of Thursday, Sept.12, 2002.
They were ordered to get rid of the rest of the JP7 SR 71 fuel, so it was agreed…. Let’s burn it.! 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 30 feet from this, feeling the vibration and heat.
You wear foam plugs and earmuffs. Afterward, your ears still ring because the sound is conducted through your body. The back half of the engine transforms from dull gray to bright orange, seemingly transparent.
The flame was a three-dimensional diamond-shaped shock pattern about every two feet. 💎💎💎
This flame is both frightening and beautiful, an amazing demonstration of perfectly controlled power.
And to think - this was done with 1950s technology
Tony Landis's photo
the last living client of frank lloyd wright, roland reisley, is 101 and has lived in his flw house for 73 years. this quote from him about it made me cry
Genie 3 is here - it can generate an entire world simulation that you can interact with in real-time, just from a text prompt! It's pretty mind-blowing really when you stop to think about it, and it's rapidly improving - one day we will be able to build the Holodeck for real!
Someone’s going to have a GREAT weekend story for school on Monday 😅
16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus improves his personal best, already the HS record, by an enormous 3+ seconds to take second in the #USATFOutdoors final in 1:42.27.
He sets a new U18 world record and becomes the youngest athlete ever to represent Team USA at a World Championship.
Lutkenhaus moved from seventh to second in the last 200m, splitting a ridiculous 12.48 last 100m down the homestretch.