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worldcatalyst
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Is it a control that hasn't been featured on a D*A*M before?

On the Hatchet of course. :P
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worldcatalyst wrote:Is it a control that hasn't been featured on a D*A*M before?
Yah, Volume :teeth2:

:hihi:

No, really though. They ain't no D*A*M's in dirty clothing.
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Don't think it's "Henry" this time around...
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Condolences, the bums lost!
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Laundromat wrote:Don't think it's "Henry" this time around...
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Does it say 'Hatchet Harry'?

That was the name of the guy who was supposedly lurked in the woods at my summer camp.
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tigerdriver wrote:That was the name of the guy who was supposedly lurked in the woods at my summer camp.
:oldgrin:
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worldcatalyst wrote:Is it a control that hasn't been featured on a D*A*M before?
Built in digital chorus :hihi:
Dear Bongo, No.
Good deals with all these guys
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I like the new banner.

So are we going to get some more info now? :cthulhu:
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New banner is kool...reminds me of terminator. :badteeth: More info now plz!! :ztongue:
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worldcatalyst wrote:So are we going to get some more info now? :cthulhu:
Here ya go :badteeth:

* 24 December 1957: First J58 engine run.
* 21 April 1958: First mention of ARCHANGEL in Kelly Johnson's dairy.
* December 1958: CIA requests funding for a Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft.
* 29 August 1959: Lockheed and Convair each propose a plan for a Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft.
* 14 September 1959: CIA awards first ARCHANGEL research contract to Lockheed.
* 26 January 1960: CIA orders twelve A-12 aircraft.
* February 1960: Lockheed begins the search for 24 pilots for the A-12.
* 1 May 1960: Francis Gary Powers is shot down in a U-2 over the Soviet Union.
* 26 February 1962: First A-12 leaves Skunk Works in Burbank for Groom Lake by truck.
* 25 April 1962: First flight of the prototype A-12 (#06924) with Lockheed test pilot Lou Schalk.
* 30 April 1962: First "official" flight of A-12 (#06924) with Lockheed test pilot Lou Schalk.
* 2 May 1962: A-12 goes supersonic for first time during second test flight.
* 30 July 1962: J58 completes pre-flight testing.
* 5 October 1962: A-12 flies with J75 (in left nacelle) and J58 (in right nacelle) engines.
* 15 January 1963: A-12 first flight with two J58 engines.
* 24 May 1963: First A-12 crashes (#06926) near Wendover, UT.
* 20 July 1963: First A-12 flight over Mach 3.
* November 1963: A-12 reaches design speed and altitude.
* 3 February 1964: A-12 cruises at Mach 3.2 and 83,000 feet for 10 minutes.
* June 1964: Final A-12 (#06939) delivered to Groom Lake.
* 27 January 1965: A-12 flown for one hour and 40 minutes above Mach 3.1 for a distance of 3,000 miles.
* 28 December 1966: Decision is made to conclude A-12 operations by 1 June 1968.
* 22 May 1967: First A-12 (#06937) flown to Kadena AB by CIA pilot Mel Vojovodich.
* 29 May 1967: BLACK SHIELD unit declared operational at Kadena AB.
* 31 May 1967: First A-12 (#06937) operational mission over North Vietnam lasted 3 hours, 39 minutes.
* 3 November 1967: A-12 and SR-71 conduct a reconnaissance fly-off. Results were questionable.
* 23 January 1968: First A-12 overflight of North Korea during Pueblo incident with CIA pilot Frank Murray.
* 8 May 1968: Last A-12 operational mission flown.
* 5 June 1968: Last A-12 (#06932) to crash, lost in the South China Sea.
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So it sounds like a jet engine?

...and a sinking ship?
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