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Old 03-16-2008, 09:30 AM
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This one is near me in DC at the Air and Space museum.


http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/blackbird/17972/
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Nice read. BTW, what is the insignia above the skunk on the tail in the second link you provided? Curious.
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='546123' date='Mar 17 2008, 01:56 AM
Nice read. BTW, what is the insignia above the skunk on the tail in the second link you provided? Curious.
This one?



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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='546123' date='Mar 17 2008, 02:56 AM
Nice read. BTW, what is the insignia above the skunk on the tail in the second link you provided? Curious.
Edited: Just saw someone answered.
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='546235' date='Mar 17 2008, 06:28 AM
Yup, that's it. I used to live on an USAF base and this one is new to me.
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Thanks for the link. I am still in awe of the SR-71. Not only is it the fastest airplane ever, it was built nearly 50 years ago and STILL has no equals, nothing even close....

One cool fact the article didn't mention is that Lockheed went thru a separate private company to buy the titanium ore for the plane from the Russians!!!
They then had to invent the necessary titatium manufacturing to build the planes.

Today I have a titanium watch but they still haven't surpased the SR-71.
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"When the first rumors began to filter out of the Soviet Union some three years ago, our theoretical weapons strategists stood before NATO command to explain - with much confidence - that it would take the Soviets a minimum of ten years to develop a Mach Five aircraft with thought-controlled weapons systems. I stand before you today to explain - with much regret - that we were wrong."

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