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Posted By:
Don Maxwell
Date Posted:
Oct 31, 2018
Description:
You know what aircraft this is--but can you name it?
Date Taken:
2018-10-27
Place Taken:
Richmond, Virginia
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
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Steve Kessinger - Oct 28,2018
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Pretty "snakey" of you to take it from that angle, Don. ;-)
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Ken Leonard - Oct 28,2018
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A yellow submarine needing a new paint job?
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Don Maxwell - Oct 28,2018
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I think you got it, Steve. But I was just standing on the floor, looking up.
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Don Maxwell - Oct 28,2018
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Here's a pretty good hint:
What2
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Mark MacKinnon - Oct 28,2018
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SR 71 Blackbird?
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John Tucci - Oct 28,2018
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At first I thought it was Northrop’s “Tacit Blue†aircraft, but it has too many windows.
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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Still not sure? This should help:
The location is the Science Museum of Virginia, in Richmond.
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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And this should confirm it:
Sorry, it isn't a seaplane--has never splashed--and it isn't flyable now. But it sure is dashing, even hanging from the ceiling of a repurposed railroad station!
What4
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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For about 20 years it rested on the lawn of the Virginia Aviation Museum, looking sleek, but not much more lively than any other "gate guard" airplane, dusty and spotted with bird doo. Then they closed the museum a few years ago, and the airplane disappeared into a warehouse somewhere--gone forever, I feared. But it has been reborn here, looking more dramatic than any other hanging airplane I've ever seen. I could reach up and hold onto its left wingtip, feeling the titanium with my fingers, rapping on it with my knuckles.
SR-71-Blue-cockpit
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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The blue lighting seemed at first to throw my perceptions out of kilter. But then it occurred to me that the airplane itself threw the aviation world similarly out of kilter.
SR-71-Blue-HeadOn
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Philip Mendelson - Oct 31,2018
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Love the way, they are displaying this awesome Aircraft!
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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As I walked toward it, it seemed to blossom and loom:
SR-71-Blue-PassOver
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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Here it is in normal lighting:
Has there ever been a sexier airplane?
SR-71-HeadOn
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Philip Mendelson - Oct 31,2018
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Awesome Post!
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Carr, Frank - Oct 30,2018
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Steve Kessinger - Oct 30,2018
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I didn't want to spoil the contest, so I said "snakey" of Don, obliquely referring to the Sled's nickname of Habu.
Don, I was wondering what happened to that airframe. I visited the VAM decades ago during a layover, heard it had closed and could not have imagined the Sled had been abandoned, unlike what the massacre they're doing to the aircraft at ex-Chanute AFB Museum. Thanks for the images.
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Don Maxwell - Oct 30,2018
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Steve, the other airplanes at the old Virginia Aviation Museum were moved back to the Shannon Air Museum at KEZF (Shannon), near Fredricksburg, VA. Shannon itself has a new owner and has been very much improved in all respects. It's a great lunch stop, too.
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Shannon Air Museum
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Don Maxwell - Oct 29,2018
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Probably almost everything you ever wanted to know about the Blackbird:
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Blackbird
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Steve Kessinger - Oct 30,2018
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And probably everyone's favorite SR-71 story
http://galleryoneimages.com/Hangar/
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Groundspeed check
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Don Maxwell - Oct 31,2018
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Here's a long version of the story in Steve's link with clearer audio. It's nearly an hour long, but if you're in a hurry, skip to the story at 45:30.
(If you have a little more time, start at 44:40 for the preface to the story that reminds me of the time my son, Chris, and I encountered an excited Searey lover at First Flight Airport.)
But it's best to begin at the beginning--because every word Brian Shul says is really part of the story.
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Speed Check Story
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Don Maxwell - Oct 31,2018
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And here's Buz Carpenter discussing the SR-71 in some detail.
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Buz Carpenter
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Lee Pfingston - Nov 01,2018
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Considering it's birthday, {age of and tech of the time} It is more cutting edge than the shuttle! titanium, fuel only burned by itself, Skin temps of 3000 degrees in a 60 below altitude. It grew nearly a foot in flight and leaked fuel at rest. I have to think landing on the moon was easier!
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