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Grim stuff. You can almost hear the conversation in the Engineering Department now: - "Well. That didn't work so well." - "Yeah, you're right. Let's tweak it a little and see how that works." - "Okay. Now, who's next in our pilot rotation?" :burn::3dAngus:

Easy enough with today's computer capabilities to synchronize thrust of that thing from the six engines. But I'm imagining that was a l-i-t-t-l-e trickier back in the day when that subtlety was likely managed mostly through seat-of-the-pants "engineering" from the pilot. Any multi-engine...

Absolutely, and then when you consider recent conversation in the SR-71 "Blackbird" Thread about issues of yaw in-flight, this thing must have had some of those issues.

Relying on 1960-era computers must have been presented some real challenges all of its own.

The number of airfields you can operate from with that airframe must have also been an issue. Wonder if they ran it through any Immelmann Turns or Barrel Rolls during test flights?! :naner:

Shore leave! Liberty, did somebody say "liberty"?!

That's a fine rig. I like your portable "garage" too. Where'd you get the awning?

I stumbled by accident on her autobiography, and if you have time to read her story you won't be disappointed. She was not your everyday wallflower. I recall she wrote something about the "complexity" (she understated most everything she did) of using three tugs to get the Gigante glider...

They're not aluminum are they?!

That's a smart design. What is the "drawbar" on the side all about?

Whatever you end up doing with that, it's a nice item.

Time to grab a cold beer...

That's not it at all. It would just help a WHOLE lot if manufacturers took the simple step of a plain label. Like, how tough is that? It's rare, though.

"A picture is worth a thousand words", but it doesn't always tell the whole story. [thumbzup]

"Better safe than sorry" is a policy with a whole lot of merit.

$75 is pain, but it's not a big pain.

All I got is WTF here: - I'm not a HAM, just interested. Is the one domestic connection, and the other international connections?

Are you saying that the engines would shut down in flight?