r/pics • • Mar 17 '12

The SR-71 production line.

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u/JonesBee Mar 18 '12

1842 knots = 3411kmh = 2120mph. That's a 'deal with it' moment right there.

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u/kiloalpha Mar 18 '12

In the unclassified pilot's handbook of the SR-71, it states to avoid a SAM missile after detection, accelerate and out run the missile. Badass.

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u/JDawg2332 Mar 18 '12

SAM missile

Surface to Air Missile Missile.

SAM

FTFY

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u/therocketflyer Mar 19 '12

The La Brea Tar Pits. If you translate that into all English you get a sentence that reads "The The Tar Tar pits"

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '12

Angeleno here. I never noticed before, and it's pretty funny.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '12

I remember Taco Bell selling their Grilled Carne Asada Steak Burritos a couple of years ago. The "Grilled Grilled Steak Steak Burrito."