On 3/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:

>The compound used to relight the engines at altitude in an emergency on
>the ER-2 (and U2) is hydrazine.  A safety briefing is necessary every
>time you visit Dryden to work, and being aware of the alarm that sounds
>in the event of a hydrazine leak is one of the things they caution you
>about.  It's a nasty agent.  I wouldn't be surprised if it is hydrazine
>used on the SR-71 as well.

I hear it's also not a bad developer if you want to push FP4 up there to
6400......

Nice one Peter, I've enjoyed reading these as well.



Cheers,
  Cotty


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