Second coolest plane the US ever made, right after the SR-71 Blackbird. It was a truly sad day when they decided to retire these.

Fatboy Slim's third UK No.1 single 'Praise You' and The Chemical Brothers' 2nd No.1 album, 'Surrender' hit that year.

The last flight of the SR-71

Oh, and this was the year the giant redneck bonfire fell down in College Station at Texas A&M.

Be sure to watch Red Letter Media's review of this turd.

Solutions:

1) Go to another junk dealer who does take Republic credits, exchange for Watto Bux.

2) Not counting that the Trade Federation is on the lookout for a BRIGHT SILVER SR-71 and getting another ship would be a great idea anyway, use Republic credits to hire a starship and pilot (sort of like how LUKE and BEN did it). And before you nerds start in, the cantina was filled with aliens from everywhere. SOME being would be bound to deal in Republic credits.

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woa, dude, that really was awesome!
http://www.videosift.com/video/RC-SR-71-Blackbird-with-actual-JET-ENGINES

IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE BLACKBIRD.

http://www.videosift.com/video/SR-71-Blackbird-low-fly-by-20-sec

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I've had a look at your lists and I understand that there is a distinction between the two ideas - and videos that would fall in one and not the other. However we still feel that the overlap is huge.

(If it was a Venn diagram, only a small crescent in each circle would be non-overlapped)

There is a bit of history here too. We originally called the geek channel "tech" but decided deliberately- about a month in to change it to Geek so it would be be more inclusive.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Afterthoughts:

I still think there is a distinct need of a tech channel. My aim is to have videos that discuss technology - old or new, not just show it. The problem isn't that most of the tech videos are geek, it's that people put them in geek - the geek channel is being misused in my opinion. If you will, please review these two lists I have compiled from the first 6 or 7 pages of the geek sifted list. The first is of videos that I feel don't really belong in the geek channel, but would feel more at home in a tech channel.

http://geek.videosift.com/video/BD-5-the-smallest-jet-plane-ever-made

http://geek.videosift.com/video/SR-71-Blackbird-low-fly-by-20-sec

http://geek.videosift.com/video/The-Next-Giant-Leap-For-Mankind

http://geek.videosift.com/video/1982-Behind-the-Scenes-in-the-making-of-TRON

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Modern-Marvels-Worlds-biggest-machines

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Intel-Debuts-Worlds-Smallest-Motherboard
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This second list is for those which I feel do NOT belong in the tech channel, though people might feel urged to place them there - OR - videos that I feel the geek channel was created for.
While they may showcase technology, they don't discuss/explain it.

http://geek.videosift.com/video/DD-first-level-magic-spells-generally-suck

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Dungeons-and-Dragons-through-time

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Stone-Golem-goes-on-a-rampage

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Optimus-Maximus-keyboard-the-most-awesome-geeky-Keyboard

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Speaker-made-from-Plasma

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Robot-playing-Flight-of-the-Bumblebee-on-Flute

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Cute-Robot-Controls-Living-Room-Devices-Then-You

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Remote-Controlled-Steam-Powered-Caterpillar

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Female-Robot


I do not wish to to be a stubborn prick about this issue, but it's just something that I feel strongly about. If you still don't want it, that's fine, but I was hoping we could put up another one of those polls you had a week ago. If not, I'll just go with "meme" like everyone wanted in Maatc's ST post.

Afterthoughts:

I still think there is a distinct need of a tech channel. My aim is to have videos that discuss technology - old or new, not just show it. The problem isn't that most of the tech videos are geek, it's that people put them in geek - the geek channel is being misused in my opinion. If you will, please review these two lists I have compiled from the first 6 or 7 pages of the geek sifted list. The first is of videos that I feel don't really belong in the geek channel, but would feel more at home in a tech channel.

http://geek.videosift.com/video/BD-5-the-smallest-jet-plane-ever-made

http://geek.videosift.com/video/SR-71-Blackbird-low-fly-by-20-sec

http://geek.videosift.com/video/The-Next-Giant-Leap-For-Mankind

http://geek.videosift.com/video/1982-Behind-the-Scenes-in-the-making-of-TRON

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Modern-Marvels-Worlds-biggest-machines

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Intel-Debuts-Worlds-Smallest-Motherboard
_____________________________________________________________________________
This second list is for those which I feel do NOT belong in the tech channel, though people might feel urged to place them there - OR - videos that I feel the geek channel was created for.
While they may showcase technology, they don't discuss/explain it.

http://geek.videosift.com/video/DD-first-level-magic-spells-generally-suck

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Dungeons-and-Dragons-through-time

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Stone-Golem-goes-on-a-rampage

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Optimus-Maximus-keyboard-the-most-awesome-geeky-Keyboard

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Speaker-made-from-Plasma

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Robot-playing-Flight-of-the-Bumblebee-on-Flute

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Cute-Robot-Controls-Living-Room-Devices-Then-You

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Remote-Controlled-Steam-Powered-Caterpillar

http://geek.videosift.com/video/Female-Robot


I do not wish to to be a stubborn prick about this issue, but it's just something that I feel strongly about. If you still don't want it, that's fine, but I was hoping we could put up another one of those polls you had a week ago. If not, I'll just go with "meme" like everyone wanted in Maatc's ST post.

I get what your saying the machine is a wonder even at sub-mach speeds. Still it's not a conversation it's a comment. He's allowed to say he didn't like the video.

In reply to this comment by vault_0:
>> ^jwray:
what's the point of a low-altitude flyby if it's not even supersonic?


What's the point of your post if it does not bring anything to the conversation?

>> ^vault_0:
>> ^jwray:
what's the point of a low-altitude flyby if it's not even supersonic?

What's the point of your post if it does not bring anything to the conversation?

What's the point of your FACE?!

>> ^jwray:
what's the point of a low-altitude flyby if it's not even supersonic?


What's the point of your post if it does not bring anything to the conversation?

^ No, but I think there's an SR-71 there as part of the small aircraft museum on the deck.

Rhesus: Did Navy pilots ever fly the SR-71? It seems like it would be the USAF. I'm pretty darn sure the SR-71 has never taken off or landed on a carrier.

Wikipedia page for SR-71 has no mention of the Navy.