I once heard that SR-71s actually leak gas on the tarmac before takeoff due to the seals being designed for flight temperature (over 550c degrees I think) and they had to develop new low flashpoint fuel for it.
Anyone know if that's true or an urban legend? Simon I believe that it is true. I remember one of the famous pictures of the SR-71 was it taking off and you could see the fuel leaking. I know it used a different fuel then any other military plane, I'm not sure if it was because of high flight temps or the ambient temps and lack of oxygen at their cruising altitude. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
