SR-71: Designed In The '50s

"In the early 60s no computers existed that could render or even come close to computing how this aircraft should be built. It was all done on drawing boards with pencils, rulers and protractors (if you remember what any of these are.) That’s one incredible feat if you think about it."

We use to call that "American Know-How".

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How's That For Paper And Pencil Design? The SR-71 Black Bird is truly a wonder of engineering. You can tell that's the case just by looking at it even if you have no prior knowledge of aviation. The way it looks just screams "radical