First Flight Anniversary-- SR-71 Blackbird
Dec 22, 2020 19:19:40 #
56yrs ago... 12/22/64
My Dad was a Jet Engine Technician on the SR, at Edwards AFB, back then.
https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/the-sr-71-blackbird-1
My Dad was a Jet Engine Technician on the SR, at Edwards AFB, back then.
https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/the-sr-71-blackbird-1
Dec 22, 2020 19:31:42 #
Dec 22, 2020 20:42:33 #
flathead27ford wrote:
One of my favorite airplanes.
👍A great aircraft! Too bad the technology wasn't there, then, to realize the full potential of those engines.
Dec 22, 2020 21:43:08 #
Dec 23, 2020 00:55:31 #
This was a terrific plane. Supposedly as the engines fully fire up, the vertical stabilizers over the engines would point straight up. I have never seen one in flight.
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