18 Jun
2015
18 Jun
'15
9:10 a.m.
On Jun 18, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Mike Stein <mhs.stein
at gmail.com> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Gauger-Cosgrove"
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Subject: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc
My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based) and 7963 is on
static display there. I've been up to it (you can actually *touch* it!) They are
wicked cool looking and *big*. They also have a static display of the drone which could
be launched from the back of an SR-71. After some initial testing (can't remember if
they lost an aircraft in the process), they decided it wasn't a particularly good
idea. The clearance between the drone and the vertical stabilizers/rudders is not large.
TTFN - Guy
On 18 June 2015 at 06:06, Pete Turnbull <pete
at dunnington.plus.com
<javascript:;>> wrote:
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As a matter of fact, both the Vulcan and the Blackbird have appeared at the Canadian
International Air Show here in Toronto in past years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_International_Air_Show
Saw them both; Awesome! I'd have directed you to
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ if Rob hadn't
already. Sometimes, though, it flies near places not on the official
list -
for example, I've seen it fly almost over our
house (we live near
Elvington)
on two different Fridays in the last month or so.
Presumably in transit
to
some other show.
Very neat. It's too bad it's never flown to Canada before. Then again,
why
would it? I feel kind of miffed that I've not really gotten the chance to
see any really "cool planes" flying. (I'd have loved to see the SR-71 in
flight, or to see an SR-71 up close at all; the latter is still possible
but I don't quite have the money for it...)