SR-71--Now my Cobra feels Flaccid!

[thudmaster]

I live just outside Beale AFB in Yuba City. I have been on and off with the SR since 1969. No I did not fly this aircraft. We never thought it was really that classified. Flew in and out of the base day in and day out. During the base air shows people were allowed to get up close and personal looks into the cockpit. It is probally one of the finest aircraft ever to grace our skys.

Sorry to hear about your model............

[olddog]

Originally Posted by thudmaster

I live just outside Beale AFB in Yuba City. I have been on and off with the SR since 1969. No I did not fly this aircraft. We never thought it was really that classified. Flew in and out of the base day in and day out. During the base air shows people were allowed to get up close and personal looks into the cockpit. It is probally one of the finest aircraft ever to grace our skys.

Sorry to hear about your model............

In 1969 the SR71 was such a closely guarded secret that it only flew at night. It came out of the hanger with the power on and rolling. When landing it rolled into the hanger without stopping. These plane were never outside a hanger in daylight hours.

I worked with a guy who fueled the SR71 (ground crew) when it was flying over Vietnam. He never uttered a word about this plane until after it was declasified.

[thudmaster]

I watched it fly out in the day time also.........I know I was on the flightline with it.........your friend was fueling it with jp-7.......I watched that also. I am not here to argue about the plane. I am also a member of the Blackbird Association. People who disigned, built, maintained, and flew it.

[David Kirkham]

So Thudmaster...

What is your take???

BS?
True Story?
Not yet sure?

The part about the model does seem quite fishy.

David

[thudmaster]

The model part does not bother me because it is probally true. It just wasn't called the SR then. He never said it was.
I will have to refrain from comment on the book until I check it out with some of the retired SR pilots I play golf with at Beale.
The offer I made you today David is an open invitation so clear your books and take me up on it.

[David Kirkham]

Thanks! I'll wait for the verdict.

David