WORLDS FASTEST Aircraft US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Mini Documentary
A great Mini Documentary video on the world famous US Air Force aircraft the SR-71 Blackbird that was used for observation flights over the Soviet Union. BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.–Twenty-six years ago today, Beale said goodbye to the fastest air-breathing jet in the world, the SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird was an advanced, long-range, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft that called Beale Air Force Base home from January 1966 to January 1990. But for Master Sgt. Floyd Jones (ret.) and a local group of former Blackbird maintainers, the mission continues, not with turning wrenches, but with the same elbow grease. "It's
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., NetJets is paying attention why aren't investors? BBD.B on the TSX NetJets Inc., the business-jet operator owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), said it placed a record order for as many as 120 Bombardier Inc. (BBD/B) planes in anticipation of a rebound in luxury travel. The agreement, worth more than $6.7 billion at list prices, comprises 50 firm orders and 70 options, according to a statement. How much Columbus, Ohio-based NetJets would pay for the aircraft, which will be delivered starting in the fourth quarter of 2012, wasn't disclosed. NetJets, which also ordered
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