SR-71 Blackbird Mid Air refueling!

It's insane that an aircraft as futuristic rad as the SR-71 was designed so long ago.

Okay. So the SR-71 was designed in the 50s by engineers, using slide rules to calculate mathematics. What do we have today?

Best video with which to unstart your morning.

Wired seeing all that fuel spilled from the same government that has over regulated gas cans.

Airframe getting a nice protective coating of JET-A

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Even for its age, the SR71 is still the coolest looking aircraft ever designed.

Awesome sight.

I will never forget that tanker ride when I got to see this in person.

The video unfortunately doesn't show the fun part - When the tanks are getting towards full, the SR-71 doesn't have enough dry thrust to keep connected, so to get that little bit extra they have to ignite just one afterburner at minimum power. Causes a lot of yaw!