That would most likely have been the A-12 at Battleship park in Mobile, AL. It would be right off I-10. http://www.ussalabama.com/
For anyone interested in Blackbirds, try this site: http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/sr71/index.html On topic, I haven't made or put up any antennas yet. :) I imagine when I do I'll have some stinkers as well. I'm thinking about a dipole running the ridge of my house. I could hit a half-wave for 40 meters. Then there are those really tall fir trees in the front yard... Walt, KE7GWZ On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 17:40 -0400, Dan Barker wrote: > Reminds me of a customer of mine, who DOES understand the social position of > being a customer. > > I was driving along I-10 (I think, somewhere in the Florida Panhandle) and > saw a Blackbird parked alongside of the expressway. I immediately exited and > found the SR-71 on display at some museum. > > While looking at this magnificient expression of aviation technology, my > beeper went off. Tom knew I was on vacation, and knew not to interrupt me, > but he beeped anyway - because it was important. > > I called him on my cellphone and told him "I'm standing under a Blackbird!", > then asked what he needed. I don't remember what he needed, but it wasn't > important enough for him even to mention on that call. He said Cool!, asked > me to take some pictures of the plane and to call back later. He was not > going to interrupt looking at the SR-71 (or RS-71, if LBJ could read better) > for some silly computer issue. > > I've always liked a little balance in a customer<g>. > > Dan / WG4S > > Kevin Rock wrote: > > You skipped my favorite aircraft: the Blackbird. > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
