Guy visits all SR-71 Blackbird planes - photos

**PDXsparky** · Apr 25, 2020, 09:58 PM

Here's the one in the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. It's definitely worth a visit if you're in that part of the US. Plus it's the only way to tour the Air Force bone yard next door.

and near by is another favorite.

with the gun the plane was built to carry next to it on the right.

**marksbug** · Apr 26, 2020, 08:56 AM

the box pic says it's from amazon...built there or can i buy it from amazon? I better use prime for free shipping. this sure will save me time and hassle flying comertial around the world.

**Jon** · Aug 10, 2020, 04:27 PM

Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) refueling during first flight.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear...-71_Experiment

**IntheGroove** · Aug 10, 2020, 06:25 PM

It was quite the engineering feat to get one of those to fly fast and the other to fly slow...

My grandfather was the lead "problem solver" at Skunk Works in the early 1960's...

**Toolmaker51** · Aug 10, 2020, 10:30 PM

Planes, ships, cars, buildings, dams, bridges, machines, tools..."we've" made uber-cool stuff over the years, no?

**marksbug** · Aug 11, 2020, 09:38 AM

YES WE HAVE. WE ALSO MADE THE VEGA AND PINTO....

**Toolmaker51** · Aug 11, 2020, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by marksbug

YES WE HAVE. WE ALSO MADE THE VEGA AND PINTO....

Uhmmm, marksbug is right. At least the Vega was a experiment in metallurgy and out of the box thinking during gas crisis. Certainly there was one that made fans, sponsors & owner William Tyler Jenkins not so Grumpy.
The Pinto; not so well.

**Jon** · Apr 20, 2021, 10:15 AM

The only SR-71 C model Blackbird to be manufactured, known as "The Bastard". A hybrid between the rear fuselage of the YF-12A and a functional engine mock up of a SR-71A forward fuselage built for static testing.

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More: https://aerospaceutah.org/museum/our...71c-blackbird/

**marksbug** · Apr 20, 2021, 12:08 PM

so where are they all if he visited them all....I dont see the one down the street from me....he musta missed it. he needs to list/show all the tail numbers or else they could all just be the same one.

the one down the street is also a 1 only sr 71...one off...go figure

**Duke_of_URL** · Apr 21, 2021, 10:29 AM

A bit of SR-71 Trivia - the only "off the shelf" component on the SR was the Engine. The engines were developed for a Navy Mach 2 fighter that never went into production. Aerospace Legend, Kelly Johnson knew there were a bunch of them sitting in a warehouse and grabbed them. Of course the Inlet Spikes were a development item which is the "magic sauce" for the SR's performance.