Sr-71 Blackbird

Added on June 27th, 2009 by ginsu | Report Post
Tags:Aerial, Military

I\’ve seen one in person

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jimmieq (#4285)

14 years ago

That’s one sexy bitch right there.

nyoki (#3444)

14 years ago

They have one at the Udvar-Hazy Center outside DC. They have a mock-up space shuttle too, pretty neat.

HoChunk (#5604)

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14 years ago

I think that’s actually the Enterprise shuttle, but yeah, I’ve been there & it’s awesome.

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nyoki (#3444)

Reply to HoChunk

14 years ago

I thought it was the shuttle the astronauts practiced on. It’s more hubby and his dad’s deal. I’ve been there (Udvar Hazy) once (they’ve been there three times) and too many times to count at the Air and Space museum.

jediadept (#3758)

14 years ago

We had one of these beauties located by, shipped by, and lovingly restored by the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum.

Unfortunately, G.W.Bushâ€™s administration era C.I.A. director thought that it would look cool as a lawn ornament, in the non-public inner courtyard of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia; and unceremoniously confiscated it.

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caeslus (#3574)

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14 years ago

What was up with that anyways? They could have taken one of the ones from California or something, Heck some other places have more than one on display! Instead they had to steal 06931 from us Minnesotans.

hufnmouth (#3256)

14 years ago

They have a silver trainer at the California Science Center near USC and the L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles. The most surprising thing is that they really aren’t very big.

etiii (#3367)

14 years ago

That’z too ‘hot’ to fly.

kiltedforbes (#3370)

14 years ago

I’ve seen three of them take off one at a time and then circle the base till the last got into the air and then fly in formation away from the base, can anyone on here match that?

caffino54 (#3091)

14 years ago

i’ve seen one too @... at the smithsonian air+space museum (actually come to think of it, its the same one that turns into that robot in transformers_

also they have a real space shuttle
and the enola gay
and the wright flyer
and the capsule from apollo 11

this, ladies and gentlemen is the coolest shit in the world

robzy (#810)

14 years ago

Saw one at Tucson’s Pima Air & Space Museum. My old man was talking to the guy, and he let us beyond the ropes to have a closer look (and a bit of a touch)

Fish (#3871)

14 years ago

The flying sieve, that is one bad ass air plane. Saw one once being put into a hanger on an Air Force base I was living on.

parasitegod (#1731)

14 years ago

There’s one her ein england at duxford. No ropes, can touchy touchy till your hearts content. And i did.

General X (#1334)

14 years ago

Seen one, touched one, and I have an autographed pic of a pilot from one of them.

wardlowe (#5733)

14 years ago

I used to watch them take off all the time in Okinawa when they were still at Kadena Air Force Base. It’s cool to watch them on evening takeoffs. Looks like a rocket when they go straight up. Out of sight pretty damn fast.