Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/12

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Subject: [Leica] Re: SR-71 at the Smithsonian...
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun Jun 12 21:38:39 2005
References: <200506130133.j5D1QbT4060388@server1.waverley.reid.org> <eca442a997b0b9ab9d2f3d6f7650d137@nemeng.com>

Oh boy! Time for a trip to the library!

Thanks for the reference!

Adam

On 6/12/05, Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com> wrote:
> 
> On 13/06/2005, at 11:33 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
> 
> > I'd recommend an excellent book: "Sled Driver Flying the World's
> > Fastest Jet" by Brian Shul. ISBN 0-929823-09-7.
> >
> 
> Another book I'd recommend is "Skunk Works" by Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos
> ISBN 0-7515-1503.  It has a _lot_ on the SR-71 (Chapts 9-12).  One of
> the more amusing facts is that most of the Titanium used to make the
> thing was sourced, via back CIA channels, from the then Soviet Union!
> 
> The Ruskies dug it up and, after a bit of processing, the Yanks flew it
> back... :?)
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andrew Nemeth
> <http://leica.nemeng.com>
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> 
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