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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

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

Yah, Volume



No, really though. They ain't no D*A*M's in dirty clothing.

Don't think it's "Henry" this time around...

Laundromat wrote:Don't think it's "Henry" this time around...

Does it say 'Hatchet Harry'?

That was the name of the guy who was supposedly lurked in the woods at my summer camp.

tigerdriver wrote:That was the name of the guy who was supposedly lurked in the woods at my summer camp.

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

Built in digital chorus

I like the new banner.

So are we going to get some more info now?

New banner is kool...reminds me of terminator. More info now plz!!

worldcatalyst wrote:So are we going to get some more info now?

Here ya go

* 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.

So it sounds like a jet engine?

...and a sinking ship?