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Yuri · 11-30-2006, 05:16 PM

I too fell in love with the SR71 Blackbird!!

I have heard that when filled with aviation fuel, it actually leaks through the metal skin of the plane. Only when it reaches it's supersonic speeds, does the fuselage heat up from friction with the air and expand to close the gaps.

Any truth to this seemingly far-fetched tale? As an engeneer perhaps you could comment on this?
(and I thought engeneers just drove trains!

Yuri

11-30-2006, 05:16 PM	#20
Yuri Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Posts: 618	I too fell in love with the SR71 Blackbird!! I have heard that when filled with aviation fuel, it actually leaks through the metal skin of the plane. Only when it reaches it's supersonic speeds, does the fuselage heat up from friction with the air and expand to close the gaps. Any truth to this seemingly far-fetched tale? As an engeneer perhaps you could comment on this? (and I thought engeneers just drove trains! Yuri __________________ ("the river is the melody, the sky is the refrain") Canoeing - http://missinaibi-yuri.blogspot.com/ Luthery - http://thunderhouse2-yuri.blogspot.com/ Bugs! - http://thunderhouse4-yuri.blogspot.com/