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Started by Paul Dumm, October 09, 2009, 12:23:08 PM

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Paul Dumm

October 09, 2009, 12:23:08 PM
Just whanted to show this Blackbird (Yes, verry sad the Air Force does not fly her any more) thats outside of Eglin AFB, FL at the Air Force Armment Museum.
"You don't become a professional simply by earning certificates, adding ratings, or getting a paycheck for flying. Rather, professionalism is a mindset. It comes from having the attitude, the ethics, and the discipline to do the right thing — every time, all the time, regardless of who's watching."

wingsnstuff

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October 22, 2009, 01:30:55 PM
Unfortunately they were competing with satellite systems that had better persistence and faster revisit.  The maintenance cost and training curve for the blackbird was approaching vertical as well.  All overwhelming contributors to a retirement decision. 

Brian Corbett

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October 23, 2015, 01:40:44 PM
LASREbird  NASA SR-71A 844 (#61-7980) at Armstrong Flight research Center, Edwards AFB.

"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack."  --Marshall Foch, September, 1914, Battle of the Marne.

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