auxilary Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Once you go black, you never go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Wow. That's quite the line up. Kind of looks like fairchild AFB. Any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Kinda sad that those planes don't even exist anymore...Most of them, anyway. There are only two SR-71 left assembled, then there are the YL-71 and I think one other designation that may or may not still exist. I'm pretty sure all but two of the YL-71 are gone too. Really nice shot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) They have one at the SAC museum here in Nebraska. SR-17 I think. http://www.strategicairandspace.com/ Really cool place, btw. If any of you aero-philiacs are in the area you should go, lots of historic aircraft in the hangars and the traveling exhibits are usually pretty good. Edited June 4, 2010 by bschiltz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Kinda sad that those planes don't even exist anymore...Most of them, anyway. There are only two SR-71 left assembled, then there are the YL-71 and I think one other designation that may or may not still exist. I'm pretty sure all but two of the YL-71 are gone too. Really nice shot though. Actually, a few do still exist in A-12 (the original) form. Of the original 13 built (and not crashed) at least 7 were in storage at Palmdale until the late 1980s when they were released by the Air Force for display in museums and Air Force bases. You can find them on display in NYC, San Diego, Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, Langley, and LA. FYI... the A-12s were the real super secret Oxcarts and were flying at least 2 years before the SR71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) I saw one of these in Aberdeen MD as a child. Truly a site to see. Correct me if i am wrong but where these not used in a lot of Cold war activities? Ie. Soviet spying? Edited June 4, 2010 by yetterben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 My brother was stationed at Beal AFB in the late 70's. At that time Beal was home for the U2 and the SR-71. I had the privilege to see both of these planes in the air. The SR-71 flew right over his on base housing, very low, while we were in the back yard, it was a very impressive sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid240z Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 According to the Wikipedia SR-71 page, 12 of the 32 planes were destroyed in accidents. The page if full of info on the history of the planes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sr-71 Below is the list showing the fate and disposition of the 32 planes. List of SR-71 Blackbirds Serial number / Model / Location or fate 61-7950 SR-71A Lost, 10 January 1967 61-7951 SR-71A Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona 61-7952 SR-71A Lost, 25 January 1966 61-7953 SR-71A Lost, 18 December 1969 61-7954 SR-71A Lost, 11 April 1969 61-7955 SR-71A Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, California[74] 61-7956 SR-71B Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan 61-7957 SR-71B Lost, 11 January 1968 61-7958 SR-71A Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Georgia 61-7959 SR-71A Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida[75] 61-7960 SR-71A Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California 61-7961 SR-71A Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, Kansas 61-7962 SR-71A American Air Museum in Britain, Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England[76] 61-7963 SR-71A Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California 61-7964 SR-71A Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska 61-7965 SR-71A Lost, 25 October 1967 61-7966 SR-71A Lost, 13 April 1965 61-7967 SR-71A Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, Louisiana 61-7968 SR-71A Virginia Aviation Museum, Richmond, Virginia 61-7969 SR-71A Lost, 10 May 1970 61-7970 SR-71A Lost, 17 June 1970 61-7971 SR-71A Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon 61-7972 SR-71A Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia 61-7973 SR-71A Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, California 61-7974 SR-71A Lost, 21 April 1989 61-7975 SR-71A March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California[77] 61-7976 SR-71A National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 61-7977 SR-71A Lost, 10 October 1968 61-7978 SR-71A Lost, 20 July 1972[3] 61-7979 SR-71A Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas 61-7980 SR-71A Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California 61-7981 SR-71C Hill Air Force Base Museum, Ogden, Utah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 U2's are still going at it. Wish I could've gotten to the Blackbird's fly. I'm gonna take my guess and say that's Nellis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoffmyinternet Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Wow I thought there were only like 2 of those. n00b Don't they cost something ridiculous to build? I used to know the facts about how fast they burn fuel at top speed etc, I think it's almost as much as a veyron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernS30 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 U2's are still going at it. Wish I could've gotten to the Blackbird's fly. I'm gonna take my guess and say that's Nellis. Epically wrong. Nellis is a fighter base. My mom was stationed there. To many larger planes, nellis NEVER had that many. They have many f22s and f15s and f16s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Dreamer Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Wow. That's quite the line up. Kind of looks like fairchild AFB. Any guesses? That's Beal AFB in Marysville, CA. I know because I was there last month for a Boy Scout Expo and I walked that picture! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 This brings up one of those "If I had $150 million to spend" moments. Does anyone else in the world have a plane that can fly as fast and high as the SR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Space shuttle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Maybe there is one and the masses just don't know about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 You can find them on display in NYC, San Diego, Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, Langley, and LA. FYI... the A-12s were the real super secret Oxcarts and were flying at least 2 years before the SR71. John, do you or anyone here know where in NYC one can be seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 someone is going to be cleaning up a lot of spots on that runway. That plane seems to be more of a "yea look what we can do". Technical marvel in it's day! Still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Yes I heard that plane leaks alot from the panels constantly shrinking and expanding from the atmospheric pressures. I also heard it theoretically has an unlimited top speed. We need SR71 trivia sheet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galloguy05 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I have seen the one in Atwater, Ca many times driving by. I just thought it was a display version and not the actual real one. I might have to go ad check it out now. If that museum isn't closed down now that is. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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