On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:40:36AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> On Jul 29, 2009, at 01:33 , David Mann wrote:
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>> On Jul 29, 2009, at 2:54 PM, John Francis wrote:
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>>> http://www.jfwaf.com/SCCMAS%202009/
>>
>> Nice photos of some fascinating models.
>>
>> Did the SR-71 fly [Image34]? I've always been fascinated about those
>> and would like to actually see one, one day. I actually have a small
>> plastic model of one, I think it's in the garage somewhere.
>
>
> Next time you are in Seattle, I'll take you to the Air Museum at Boeing
> Field. I'm pretty sure the Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC has one
> as well.
You mean this one (in Seattle)?
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0745
Technically it's not a Blackbird, but you need to be a real expert to
know the difference. When I first put the image up I didn't have the
explanatory caption, and was corrected by a colleague on another group
who used to be on the ground crew at NASA Edwards (until she retired).
> Write NOAH and see if they'll do an overflight for you, as they still
> fly theirs. :-)
One of the last flights scheduled for the NASA aircraft was a flyover
of the Moffet Field airshow, including a low, slow pass. I was sitting
out there in a prime photo spot, with the 250-600 mounted, but at the
last minute the flight was cancelled due to excesive fuel leakage :-(
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