SR-72 Darkstar | TheaterFire

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Harupia@reddit

I hope they keep the prop safe. It's really neat. XD

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bPChaos@reddit

Looks like it's at the Palm Springs Air Museum at the moment. Not sure if that's going to be it's permanent home.

https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/darkstar-rising-experience/

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Crazy how the logo is also a star. And how the event, for the tour, is hosted by Lockheed. And how that location, a nonprofit, also restores plenty of other planes and knows how to keep stuff in the air. Even F-117's, which is particularly fascinating. Funny coinkidinks, indeed.

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taisui@reddit

They had this at Edwards last time.

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taint_tattoo@reddit

That thing doesn't have a prop. smh

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ThePenIslands@reddit

Ahem... they mean movie prop 😂

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Harupia@reddit

So... it's a prop-less prop.

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history-boi109@reddit

So you're telling me they've got things that can fly without props now? Preposterous! Bah I say!

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digger250@reddit

Humbug!

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EricBelov1@reddit

Never knew there was one in white color.

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EliteAssassin13@reddit

That was good 🤣🤣🤣

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EvidenceEuphoric6794@reddit

Was it ever actually called the SR-72 in the film? I only remember it being the darkstar

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Sprintzer@reddit

Correct it was just called dark star. But this plane was designed by Lockheed skunkworks

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muskzuckcookmabezos@reddit

Yes. Top Gun and Maverick exist as a propaganda film franchise. A great one, but a propaganda film nonetheless.

Countless films throughout the years drop hints or outright advertise upcoming military tech. The attack RAH-66 helicopters from Hulk(2003), mention of the "Navy working on the rail gun for 20 ships but I've only seen one on a battleship" mention from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Eraser...the entirety of Stealth.

I think it's funny skunkworks was allowed to finally advertise a mockup/diversion of an upcoming product, seeing as talk about an sr71 successor has been going on for a long, long time now. I'm sure that scramjet and hypersonic tests from the early 2000s were paramount for this vehicle to work at scale with humans on board.

Anyhoo, can't wait to finally see it for real, whenever the hell the unveiling happens.

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EliteAssassin13@reddit

I doubt anyone is reading that, when you call a couple fun action movies propaganda 🤣. If you come out of a movie like Top Gun, and your main takeaway is that it was propaganda, you might be the problem. I think you might be confusing the words propaganda, and advertising. But 🤷‍♂️

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Wannab3ST@reddit

I thought I was autistic but god DAMN

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muskzuckcookmabezos@reddit

I am the spectrum.

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gregs1020@reddit

The actual Darkstar RQ-3 was built by Boeing and Lockheed.

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CMDRJohnCasey@reddit

I think it's called like that in Ace Combat 7

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MakeBombsNotWar@reddit

MSFS might have promoted the DLC as “SR-72 Darkstar”

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FiddlerOnThePotato@reddit

Nope it's just called Experimental Darkstar in FS2020

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PeckerNash@reddit

Can’t corner worth a damn in 2020.

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Introverted_kitty@reddit

So movie prop from top gun maverick?

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fergehtabodit@reddit

They want Mach 10? Let's give em Mach 10

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Expo737@reddit

Not 10.1 or 10.2, Mach 10

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LearnYouALisp@reddit

"Not .1, not .2, ..."

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Tetragon213@reddit

"Just a little push..."

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Citizen_Four-@reddit

Just the tip...

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EliteAssassin13@reddit

Just to see how it feels…

Result: 💥 (in both circumstances 😂😂😂)

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PeckerNash@reddit

Don’t do it Mav…

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Informed4@reddit

I dont like that look Mav...

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ShipBuilder16@reddit

“Well it’s the only one I got”

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DJ_in_Kanata@reddit

Mach 10 only, Vassili.

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too_much_shave_cream@reddit

Lol…

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vukasin123king@reddit

allegedly

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rathgrith@reddit

It was a sick SR-72

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insultant_@reddit

Let’s take 20% off the top there, Squirrelly Dan

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blindfoldedbadgers@reddit

Yeeeesss… “prop”…

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EliteAssassin13@reddit

Real or not. That is the sexiest jet ever. With the most appropriate name to match. The head-on view (in the film) is insanely cool.

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Fun-Candy4494@reddit

the fastest man alive would be in the ISS

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Direct-Percentage-68@reddit

this plane is very very real. This is not a trust me bro moment.

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linx0003@reddit

If you think that's cool. You should see NASA's X-59

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-lockheed-martin-reveal-x-59-quiet-supersonic-aircraft/

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Zealousideal-Link753@reddit

The only thing the x-59 does cooler than the darkstar is being a real aircraft🥱

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njsullyalex@reddit

I know this plane is fictional but it was designed with the actual LM Skunkworks. I wonder how many design secrets of a potential secret real aircraft are hiding in plain sight in the Darkstar?

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Harinezumisan@reddit

Looks odd in white!

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formeitwasatuesday@reddit

How much do you think you would get for it on alibaba?

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broadarrow39@reddit

The scenes in Top Gun Maverick were filmed at China Lake Naval Air station CA.

When the aircraft was manoeuvred out of the hangar for filming several countries satellites reportedly adjusted their position so they could take a closer look. Seemingly unaware that it was nothing more than a movie prop.

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Whipitreelgud@reddit

We should do this more frequently just to fuck with them.

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Super206@reddit

Same thing happened with "props" from that movie Stealth, which you now remember exists.

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Srirachachacha@reddit

I'm one of those weirdos who actually has a fondness for that movie

Dumb but fun and cool

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Valuable_Question794@reddit

Now all the real experimental aircraft can be explained away as props for Top Gun 3.

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Imlooloo@reddit

That tug went Mach 10?

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deximus25@reddit

Yeah man, brick aerodynamics

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PeckerNash@reddit

Ah. F4 Phantom has entered the chat.

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PastFold4102@reddit

Where did you find this picture? Pic looks way off to me, besides the top secret military spy plane that barely exists being in plain view lol. I would be shocked if someone with the username “shitposting420” posted something fake. The jury is still out 🤣

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ForYouPageAndMore@reddit (OP)

reverse image search this shit, this photo is the only one online

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Aeronaut_condor@reddit

I can tell you the name of the hangar that picture was taken in.

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PastFold4102@reddit

Okay! Can you tell the story about how you took this picture?

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ChronicPoverty@reddit

Pulled out phone, click.

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Redd_Skyy@reddit

This is a picture of the movie prop used in Top Gun Maverick. I saw it in real life, too, a while back at the Edwards Airshow idk, where they keep it, but I'm guessing it's probably somewhere in the SoCal area. Although I do remember it being slightly bigger than this.

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golfs247@reddit

Lol, it literally says “Captain Pete Mitchell / Maverick” below the canopy…

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PastFold4102@reddit

Its blurry as hell + how would I know who that is if I haven’t seen the movie…genius lol

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PastFold4102@reddit

Ahhhh okay this makes sense! I see now lol

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ForYouPageAndMore@reddit (OP)

i took it myself the feds can come and fucking get me if they have an issue

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PastFold4102@reddit

Honestly dude just fly that shit away if the cops come. Police dogs cant sniff you at 69,000 feet

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Rare_Orchid4277@reddit

Yes movie prop. Real would be so secret you couldn’t get nearer it.

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FluffyFeathery@reddit

Chat is this real?

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CornecumTeutonicum@reddit

God damn that’s sexy.

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TemperatureAny907@reddit

Oh my

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Coreysurfer@reddit

Cool tug too..need a sub for tugs

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clowdeevape@reddit

It'd be nsfw

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clowdeevape@reddit

Ooh /stealthTuggy works in so many levels

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Coreysurfer@reddit

Prob true, cooltugs > nsfw

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moon_master345@reddit

maybe should be called /r/gse?

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Blackhawk510@reddit

Tug MA series bag tractor, quick little things.

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LearnYouALisp@reddit

let's see...

r/groundcrew

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nighthawke75@reddit

When it showed up at Edwards AFB, it startled many a Threat nation to the point of changing several satellites orbits to increase coverage of America's premiere test center.

Boy, were they disappointed when they saw the wings detach and be trailered to a warehouse, heh!

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OhSillyDays@reddit

... is this real?

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snore-4@reddit

I’d say it’s average. Maybe even above average.

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FrankiePoops@reddit

The A12 was a lot smaller than I expected it to be IRL.

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zevonyumaxray@reddit

Are you talking about the plane or Tom Cruise.

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Future_List_6956@reddit

Have your girlfriend hold it if she has small hands. It will make it look bigger....... or so I've heard.

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DrSuperZeco@reddit

Shhhh. Most people around me have no idea why im only interested tiny ones 😂🤣

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SmallRocks@reddit

Compared to what? A 747?

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Zootguy1@reddit

I mean smaller = lighter = faster. looking at the tail dragger in the background it doesn't seem that small to me.

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ovenmittss@reddit

i don’t really know

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viewerx3@reddit

Hey man, I lost the instructional manual for mine when it got drenched in the rain! Would you mind sharing a .pdf copy when you have the time? 🙏 You'll save me the 2 hour drive to the Lockheed Martin contractor showroom 🤣. Thanks in advance 😭😭!! I'll promise not to be so careless next time!! 🤞

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