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Originally Posted by Stev0
Those curved trails behind the SR71. Are they there because of the curved atmospheric flightpath where it is so high in the stratosphere? Are they there from the fish-eye of the camera lens? or are they there because the SR71 is trying to create more uplift force on the drone?
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Found this quote from some engineer type. so I speculate it was the uplift force that causes the curve. But I am no expert on this... just an opinion...
" Unfortunately, the drone was not able to penetrate the shock wave coming off the mother-ship. The D-21 (#504) had almost cleared the M-21's rudders when it encountered the shock wave, bounced off, rolled 45 degrees to the port (left) side, and impacted the mother-ship almost directly at Station 715, where the forward fuselage attaches to the wing root. Between the impact and resulting explosion, #941 was for all intents and purposes cut cleanly in two."