Guy visits all SR-71 Blackbird planes - photos

**Jon** · Oct 28, 2019, 12:39 PM

This guy visited all SR-71 Blackbird planes. By kebbins.

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**Karl_H** · Oct 28, 2019, 04:43 PM

Funny story by a SR-71 pilot - 5 minutes that you will replay for your friends!
https://digg.com/video/la-speed-check-blackbird-story

**Crusty** · Oct 28, 2019, 05:51 PM

I once picked up a crated military load at White Sands, then was given a schedule and route to explicitly follow to haul it to the Skunkworks in Cal. An unmentioned black Suburban with black tinted windows followed me the entire trip. One of the crates wasn't nailed all that good and a top corner gradually started working open and I was getting pretty nervous about it but I wasn't about to stop and take a look at it. When I arrived they directed me to a portion of the airbase apron to unload, right beside 4 SR-71's staged there for refurbishment. I was literally 50 yards from the closest one and I was impressed.

**Toolmaker51** · Oct 28, 2019, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by Crusty

I once picked up a crated military load at White Sands, then was given a schedule and route to explicitly follow to haul it to the Skunkworks in Cal. An unmentioned black Suburban with black tinted windows followed me the entire trip. One of the crates wasn't nailed all that good and a top corner gradually started working open and I was getting pretty nervous about it but I wasn't about to stop and take a look at it. When I arrived they directed me to a portion of the airbase apron to unload, right beside 4 SR-71's staged there for refurbishment. I was literally 50 yards from the closest one and I was impressed.

Sure was, but I could only see it with one eye, peeking out of the crate.

**Crusty** · Oct 28, 2019, 07:52 PM

I knew that not lookin' in that crate was the right thing to do.

**Toolmaker51** · Oct 29, 2019, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Crusty

I knew that not lookin' in that crate was the right thing to do.

And I had my pointy index finger at the ready; case you did. . .

**Crusty** · Oct 30, 2019, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

And I had my pointy index finger at the ready; case you did. . .

Reminds me of the story about the guy walking past the looney bin and he could hear people in the yard shouting "Twelve, twelve, twelve ..." over and over. Curious, he looked into a knothole in the fence to see what was going on and someone immediately poked him in the eye with a finger and all the people in the yard began chanting "Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen ...".

**capngeo** · Oct 29, 2019, 03:55 AM

I saw the one on the Intrepid.... it was still outside on the flight deck and they didn’t have it roped off; you could walk right up and touch it.

**DIYSwede** · Oct 29, 2019, 06:29 AM

Story on how a group of Swedish fighter jocks managed several missile radarlocks on the "Baltic Express" SR-71 (doing 2.98M @ 70 500 ft) during the eighties:
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/vigg...h-3-spy-plane/

**threesixesinarow** · Oct 29, 2019, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by DIYSwede

Story on how a group of Swedish fighter jocks managed several missile radarlocks on the "Baltic Express" SR-71 (doing 2.98M @ 70 500 ft) during the eighties:
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/vigg...h-3-spy-plane/

This, too!

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...-71-blackbird/