@goatsarah Yep, it’s tucked under the wing, just out of shot. Amazing to think that, as big as the engines are, they’re not even generating half the total thrust at Mach 3.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 20:53:56 JST Katie Fenn -
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 19:49:18 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah Thanks for the link!
Love Duxford - here’s my own photo of their Blackbird. Hope it gets a F-117 Nighthawk and a B-2 Spirit one day…
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 09:37:40 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah Would you mind sharing the source? I’m reading Skunk Works by Ben Rich and would love to read more about the A-12 and SR-71.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:05:16 JST Katie Fenn @james It’s a good episode. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention when I was listening, but I was surprised they didn’t make the link with the billionaire drowning machine.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 08:37:59 JST Katie Fenn @blongden “Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin, and the world ending!
Death!
Death!
DEATH!
FORTH EORLINGAS!”
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 08:37:58 JST Katie Fenn @blongden Theoden / Rohan’s story arc has been unexpectedly moving for me in the years since I first watched the trilogy. It’s such an important lesson about picking yourself up from unimaginable tragedy.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 08:37:56 JST Katie Fenn @blongden Fellowship is still my favourite film of all time.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 19:51:49 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah No, but I mountain / gravel bike there often!
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 16:14:40 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah Upper Derwent Valley and Curbar Edge are two of my happy places, so spectacular!
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 07:29:22 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah @alastair Yeah, it’s not as difficult as it sounds to spin it around when you’re above the dense atmosphere, but part of me would love to see 1970s technology, with a human being at the controls, slam it into reverse.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 05:16:07 JST Katie Fenn @alastair @goatsarah One of my favourite facts about the Shuttle is the Return to Launch Site abort mode. Literally “spin ‘er around and blast back to base”.
The Shuttle would spin around, with the external tank still attached, and execute a burn until it has nullified its down range velocity and can start to head back to Kennedy Space Center. It would then jettison the ET and try to land.
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 21:27:15 JST Katie Fenn @goatsarah @endocrimes Ours were sub-sonic, but plenty loud enough 😅
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Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 21:02:40 JST Katie Fenn @endocrimes My house got buzzed by three Belgian F16s on their way to Cumbria a few months back, felt like the world was ending.