On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:01 , John Francis wrote:
You mean this one (in Seattle)?
Yep. That be the one... You're correct about it being an M-21, but I
figured who knew the diff., esp. since this has all the panels in
place for photography.
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 :-(
They ALWAYS had excessive fuel leakage, John. Until they got hot...
Joseph McAllister
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