A look at the SR-71

SR-71 pilot and National Air and Space Museum docent Buz Carpenter gives STEM in 30 host Marty a tour of his favorite plane, the SR-71 Blackbird. NOTE: There is no inside of the Plane. The fuselage is all fuel tanks. This is a tour of the outside of the Aircraft.

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[DoBowl]

This is the coolest grandpa that someone can ever have.

[bird]

This is the most beautiful aircraft I have ever seen. It was designed about 50 years ago. Yet, when you look at it today, it still looks futuristic.

[daveygivens]

"the missile went stupid". I love that line.

[steveduerr]

I am sure he has a thousand stories, and I could listen to every one.

[.BANDIT]

Damn !.. No matter how many times I see the SR-71 it's still takes my breath away. It's just a beautiful jet.

[cakafella]

I cant believe how unassuming he is. I Imagine him sitting in a diner with no one there knowing just how awesome this man is.

[clabeauxdave]

This man and this plane are national treasures.

[maoz]

"made an impressive sonic boom"
pilot - "we call it the sound of freedom"

[barbarik]

Iam an indian, doesn't matter from which country we belong to and from which race, religion we belong. But we all gotta accept the fact that this is something from another world. We should appreciate these brilliant engineers.

[thebarnabator]

i didnt think id watch this whole video, but i was hooked instantly. that guy is super knowledgeable

[lawrencegreenwood]

The fact this was built with a slide rule as the major technological design processor is so badass.

[jakemj]

Excellent! I could listen to him talk all day about the SR-71

[Walklikelions]

"the titanium came from Russia and they never knew who they sold it to."

[hangfire]

When I built a model of this plane at about 9 years old, the majority of what he tells us in this video was still classified. I can't imagine what kind of tech we have now.

[JPRD]

"...All of the titanium came from Russia, they never knew who they sold it to, to build 32 of these airplanes." If there was ever a time to look directly at the camera and flash a shit-eating grin, that was it.

[THEJEDEYEMASTER]

I like this guy. hes hes a no bs guy. hes not getting excited. he did his work and went home.no drama

[bayertwin]

In 2013 I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Carpenter & having him as our tour guide at the Air & Space Museum. He spent over a hour of a 2 hour tour on this plane The knowledge along with a portfolio of pictures that he carried with him made you live the history. .The group couldn't remember anything else about the day .Everyone wanted to keep going back to " Buz's Plane" Thank you Buz Carpenter. .

[Matthew-dphf]

This is genuinely one of the best videos that I've seen on YouTube about this aircraft and it even trumps some of the documentaries that I've watched. Truly an inspirational and incredibly intelligent individual, even for his age. I hope to be even a quarter as sharp as he is when I'm older.

[VX_VectorPrimus]

Love the history, but all I'm thinking of is
"Behold!, The eternal glory of Jetfire!"

[gmctech]

Amazing. Simply amazing. The SR-71 has always been and always will be my most favorite airframe ever produced... you yanks sure know how to build planes.... from the UH-1, to the 747 to the U2 to the SR-71... American aviation ingenuity is quite an epic thing to behold... I'm sure glad you're on our side!