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02-09-2008, 04:33 PM
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02-09-2008, 05:31 PM
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I am sooooooo envious
Thanks so much for a great read  & time served.
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02-09-2008, 05:35 PM
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Wow--great stories! Very vivid descriptions that make the reader feel like he was in the cockpit with you.
Thank you for sharing them, as well as your service to our country.
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02-09-2008, 06:35 PM
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Al,
Thanks for sharing some great experiences. I was visiting my Dad who
was a retired Air Force pilot living near Lackland AFB by San Antonio, TX,
in the 1990's and we took the walk around a park where they had numerous
old war birds, many of which he had flown in the day. There was a SR-71
there that they had brought in the prior day. What a sweet airplane - all
business. The book "Skunkworks" is an excellent read of how she was built.
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02-09-2008, 07:32 PM
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Guys, I didn't mean to mislead you, the pilots name is Al O'Connor. I wish it were me! Flying in an SR71 is right at the top of my ultimate wish list. It is a great story and gives me more of a feeling of what it is like to fly in that plane. Glad you enjoyed it, I know I did!
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02-10-2008, 11:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thorconstr
Guys, I didn't mean to mislead you, the pilots name is Al O'Connor. I wish it were me! Flying in an SR71 is right at the top of my ultimate wish list. It is a great story and gives me more of a feeling of what it is like to fly in that plane. Glad you enjoyed it, I know I did!
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Jim had you read all of the threads you would have come across this. This piece was sent to me as an email, I simply wanted to share it with someone as I was impressed by it! Kindly don't reprimand me!
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02-09-2008, 08:01 PM
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I remember
I was in the Army in 66-68, stationed in Okinawa. I saw an SR-71 take off from Kadena airbase. One day eight B-52 were landing and an SR-71 landed between the fourth and fifth one. He was very fast. I heard later he was in the hanger before the bomber behind him got stopped. We could not see the air field from the hiway because of the dirt piles around the airstrip. We have one on display in Huntsville, Ala at the Space and Rocket Center. Drive down I-565 and there it is on the side of the road.
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02-09-2008, 09:25 PM
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I live near their former home base. I use to watch them come over my house all the time. I was stationed there in the late 60s. They truely are an awsome aircraft. We have one on static display next to a U2. Another awsome aircraft. 
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02-10-2008, 10:41 AM
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Looks like the story comes from a book called the "The Untouchables" by Brian Shul and Walter Watson, Jr. But I couldn't find the exact text and there are many books on the Blackbird.
Not to dump in your messkit but don't you think that credit should be given where due?
So unless you were a "Sled Driver" perhaps you should reconsider your misleading presentation. Regardless it is a great story, thanks for posting.
Jim
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