Alright, I can work with that. I guess my info on the SR-71 lacked certain specifics. I checked the Wiki on it, and your data matches theirs.
But I thought I remembered reading a report on the final journey of the SR-71 that is now in the Smithsonian - that it made the trip from near LA to DC in roughly an hour. Mapquest calls that a 2674.44 mile trip. True, it's not "as the Blackbird flies" - but passing between radar "gates" at St. Louis and Cincinnati (as reported in the Wiki article) isn't a straight-line flight either. It looks to me like their 67 minute flight (again, according to Wikipedia) was a heck of a lot faster than an average of 2,190 mph.
But, who knows? I could be completely wrong, since I'm half-blasted on liquid pain killers (JD) and needing sleep in a big way. I welcome your corrections to my facts, for when I'm alert enough to process them.
Still, it remains that you are right - it won't do escape velocity, won't go high enough, and can't operate outside the atmosphere.
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But I thought I remembered reading a report on the final journey of the SR-71 that is now in the Smithsonian - that it made the trip from near LA to DC in roughly an hour. Mapquest calls that a 2674.44 mile trip. True, it's not "as the Blackbird flies" - but passing between radar "gates" at St. Louis and Cincinnati (as reported in the Wiki article) isn't a straight-line flight either. It looks to me like their 67 minute flight (again, according to Wikipedia) was a heck of a lot faster than an average of 2,190 mph.
But, who knows? I could be completely wrong, since I'm half-blasted on liquid pain killers (JD) and needing sleep in a big way. I welcome your corrections to my facts, for when I'm alert enough to process them.
Still, it remains that you are right - it won't do escape velocity, won't go high enough, and can't operate outside the atmosphere.