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Old September 11th 04, 03:14 AM
Mike Dargan
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Cub Driver wrote:
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:13:20 -0700, Mary Shafer
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No need. You don't fly the SR-71 head-up but on the instruments. The
crews say they rarely even look out the window except during takeoff
and landing.



How sad!


Aside from the curvature of the earth, what sort of sight seeing can you
do at 80,000'+?

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Old September 11th 04, 03:26 AM
Bob Coe
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"Mike Dargan" wrote
Cub Driver wrote:
Mary Shafer wrote:


No need. You don't fly the SR-71 head-up but on the instruments. The
crews say they rarely even look out the window except during takeoff
and landing.



How sad!


Aside from the curvature of the earth, what sort of sight seeing can you do at 80,000'+?


I'd probably put-up the EMP shields on the windows to block the
cosmic and ionizing radiation.

http://www.healthycrew.org/crewexp.shtml


 




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