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Jul 19, 2019
12:58:52pm

Iki_Balam Contributor

I love it, my kids love it more. It's a great attraction.

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Iki_Balam

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For SR-71 "Blackbird" fans...

7/19/19 3:20am

The comments are good as well.

7/19/19 4:49am

My favorite:

7/19/19 7:50am

Outstanding! I read a book detailing the development of the YF12/SR71

7/19/19 5:45am

My bishop test flew the SR-71

Pony Zale

7/19/19 10:00am

Also, in late 50's, early 60's, imagine seeing an SR-71 flying at any speed or

MatthiasG

7/20/19 1:16am

Lol at 10:20 "survive the rapid deceleration caused by

Smack'sWife

7/19/19 6:46am

Can you imagine being ejected at mach 3.x and surviving? Amazing.

7/19/19 6:48am

I met a couple of the pilots at a Kirkham Engineering open house a few years ago. Really nice, open guys

Tarbo

7/19/19 7:41am

Thanks for posting. I've been fascinated by the SR-71 for years. I used to work with a guy who used to be part of the

Zenoch

7/19/19 7:53am

They have one at Hill AFB, I love looking at it

Iki_Balam

7/19/19 8:08am

That would be cool to see.

7/19/19 8:10am

My dad volunteers at the Hill AFB museum as a tour guide. There are 6 specific planes there that he actually flew - not

Zenoch

7/19/19 10:53am

I love it, my kids love it more. It's a great attraction.

Iki_Balam

7/19/19 12:58pm

This thread got me googling my friend and SR-71 pilot Gil Bertelson. Learned he passsed away a couple years back

7/19/19 8:07am

He was my bishop at BYU

shakarocks

7/19/19 8:16am

I heard that a teenage boy once ejected from an SR-71 and landed in a lake.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/19/19 10:46am

What amazes me about the SR-71,designed in the late 50's and flying in 1962.It's

MatthiasG

7/19/19 4:10pm

Yep. They did mention the shell corps to buy Titanium from the Russians.

7/19/19 5:48pm

Kelly Johnson, probably a dude you could talk to for 3 days straight

MatthiasG

7/19/19 6:23pm

Wow, interesting stuff

jaba166

7/20/19 1:51pm

But how slow could it fly? Fun story here.

BandW

7/20/19 5:23pm

Be interesting to see if SR72 ever comes about,Mach6

MatthiasG

7/20/19 5:34pm

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