Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hoping this will get you on topic.. > http://www.leica-gallery.net/wayneserrano/image-61765.html > > > On 6/21/04 7:33 PM, "Mike Durling" <durling@cox.net> wrote: > > > There is also an SR-71 outside of the avaition museum at the Richmond, > > VA airport. > > > > Quick somebody shoot it with an R8 to put this back on topic! > > > > Mike D > > > > grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Evidently they moved it sometime in the past 6 years or so. The first time > >> I went there, it was either on Offutt AFB or just outside it. I had been > >> there to perform a EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility, for those who are > >> not Electrical Engineers) test on the NECAP aircraft, quite an interesting > >> plane. The test was performed while flying over the Great Lakes Test > >> Range. Went to see it 2 years ago with the wife and it was in its present > >> location between Omaha and Lincoln. > >> > >> Gene > >> > > delightfull followed the engineering and aesthetic discussion with some interest.There is a saying.If it looks right it flies right and the blackbird is a sublime example for me. i know it was a handfull especially when an engine quit due to the schock entering the inlet but who wouldn,t like to give it a go? simon jessurun