SR-71 Blackbird

[mauve66]

they took the  antennae out of it so no one would get impaled on it

[Ghoste]

Is it an antenna or a pitot tube?

[jar1292]

my father told me of a time when he used to be a mechanic at the local AF base and he was on night shift one night when one had to make emergency landing for some reason. this was when they were still top secret and nobody there had even heard anything about it. well it got rushed to the hanger and him and his other crew mates decided to take a tour of it. he said it was fascinating until they were surrounded by the police guns drawn and thrown to the ground. apparently they were not supposed to be there! he honestly thought he was not gunna come home after that night. and a very strong talking to after the initial encounter. there was more to the story but i cant remember much more of it nowadays.

[Landonsrt]

my father told me of a time when he used to be a mechanic at the local AF base and he was on night shift one night when one had to make emergency landing for some reason. this was when they were still top secret and nobody there had even heard anything about it. well it got rushed to the hanger and him and his other crew mates decided to take a tour of it. he said it was fascinating until they were surrounded by the police guns drawn and thrown to the ground. apparently they were not supposed to be there! he honestly thought he was not gunna come home after that night. and a very strong talking to after the initial encounter. there was more to the story but i cant remember much more of it nowadays.

Thats pretty cool. Its fascinating to read that it could just outrun projectiles launched at it. 4000 attempts to shoot them down and not one succeeded.

[FLG]

Got a model of one hanging up in the garage...will try to get a pic. Beautiful piece of machinery.

[RusTy/SE]

One resides at Battleship Park in Mobile, Alabama. Those years i have made it to the Mopars at the Battleship show i stroll over. Awe inspiring 

[b5blue]

During my short career in ATC in the USAF my roommate just back from overseas had the honor of handling them a few times. The SR71 was so fast the handling went like this: Kusoun Center Blackjack71 requesting permission to enter your airspace,we are well above all traffic. Blackjack71 you are cleared to enter my airspace. (at that point there is one new bip on his radar) Thank you center Blackjack71 we are clear of your airspace. Have a good day.(the next sweep of the radar is too slow, they were gone)