[BlakeV]

Anyone in the Seattle area or within a few hours should really check out the museum, it was incredible!

x2. I was there last Saturday. I even sat in a cut-out SR-71 cockpit.... so small.

There was also the original Apollo 11 capsule Columbia exposed for a limited time... almost chilling to be just 4 feet from it. :thumbup: Way to celebrate the 50th year!

 

[Phillie Phanatic]

x2. I was there last Saturday. I even sat in a cut-out SR-71 cockpit.... so small.

There was also the original Apollo 11 capsule Columbia exposed for a limited time... almost chilling to be just 4 feet from it. :thumbup: Way to celebrate the 50th year!

No photos? That's what we all come here for.

I was flying the SR-71 out of RAF Mildenhall, England, with my back-seater, Walt Watson; we were returning from a mission over Europe and the Iron Curtain when we received a radio transmission from home base. As we scooted across Denmark in three minutes, we learned that a small RAF base in the English countryside had requested an SR-71 fly-past. The air cadet commander there was a former Blackbird pilot, and thought it would be a motivating moment for the young lads to see the mighty SR-71 perform a low approach. No problem, we were happy to do it. After a quick aerial refuelling over the North Sea, we proceeded to find the small airfield.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/story-behind-famed-sr-71-blackbird-super-low-knife-edge-pass/

 

[Sold Over Sticker]

No photos? That's what we all come here for.

I got you fam. Saw it in 2014.

Brian is a beast.

 

[Phillie Phanatic]

I got you fam. Saw it in 2014.

[Romance]I could lie with my head on your lap while you talk about the sled driver into the wee hours of the morning.[/Romance] :heart:

 

[Sold Over Sticker]

[Romance]I could lie with my head on your lap while you talk about the sled driver into the wee hours of the morning.[/Romance] :heart:

 

[LT1M21Stingray]

 

[DonL]

Just when you think it can't get any more `Murican, they bring out the Maple Leaf. :laugh:

Are the drogue chutes supposed to detach like that? I always thought they stayed with the main chute.

 

[Avus]