tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post5111648572713181819..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: An SR-72Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-71139660272298535582013-11-06T11:03:59.307-07:002013-11-06T11:03:59.307-07:00In re: Udvar Hazy. See my 9/03 & 9/04 posts.....In re: Udvar Hazy. See my 9/03 & 9/04 posts... the SR-71 is the lead pic in the 9/04 post. I haven't been to the Evergreen museum... another item for the to-do list!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-86965071248729077162013-11-05T23:02:18.405-07:002013-11-05T23:02:18.405-07:00I hope you spent some time at the Udvar Hazy. That...I hope you spent some time at the Udvar Hazy. That is an awesome aviation museum. I also really enjoyed the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon. We spent the day there and it was good. It is the home of one of the last 3 flying SR-71s and it is set up with the canopies raised so you can look down into the cockpit. HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-3333176958573244912013-11-05T11:17:24.501-07:002013-11-05T11:17:24.501-07:00I spent about a half-hour this morning with Mr. Go...I spent about a half-hour this morning with Mr. Google and all I could find were more references to the plaque at the SAC Museum.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-37357912727574465352013-11-05T11:16:20.558-07:002013-11-05T11:16:20.558-07:00I'll take you at your word, Virgil. You know ...I'll take you at your word, Virgil. You know more about these things than I ever did.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63781714069687117312013-11-05T11:15:42.686-07:002013-11-05T11:15:42.686-07:00Thanks, Dan.Thanks, Dan.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-91700791796939694122013-11-05T03:37:36.563-07:002013-11-05T03:37:36.563-07:00Buck, do you know the source of the words about &q...Buck, do you know the source of the words about "freedom is never really free"? I've tried to find out but with no success.Brighton Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370054497955792775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-42899522637601980242013-11-04T17:06:12.067-07:002013-11-04T17:06:12.067-07:00One of the GREAT bureaucratic tragedies of all tim...One of the GREAT bureaucratic tragedies of all time. There are STILL some intel profiles that we cannot fly in the absence of there SR-71. The SR-71 went away SIMPLY because the AF was trying to make budgetary room for the F-35 as the SR-71 came out of the AF budget while the less capable time-sensitive U-2 and satellite imagery came out of the CIA budget and the simpleton bean-counters convinced the Big Kids that the satellites and U-2-s could make up the difference--which they HAVE NOT! virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-18943832124217054462013-11-04T16:17:27.543-07:002013-11-04T16:17:27.543-07:00I think so, but I'm all better now. sip, sip....I think so, but I'm all better now. sip, sip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-2671541490234280332013-11-04T16:07:32.367-07:002013-11-04T16:07:32.367-07:00Excellent pics of a beautiful flying machine.Excellent pics of a beautiful flying machine.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-9694748336998954262013-11-04T13:23:38.182-07:002013-11-04T13:23:38.182-07:00Oh, my. Did we get up on the wrong side of the be...Oh, my. Did we get up on the wrong side of the bed today, Christiane? <b>:-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-7473885892649346632013-11-04T12:40:54.133-07:002013-11-04T12:40:54.133-07:00Given that Lockheed always quotes 1/256 of the tru...Given that Lockheed always quotes 1/256 of the true price, I send your "meh" back. I propose a compromise (unlike Obama) and say, yes, you can have your SR-72, if you give up the 2000 nukes on alert in North Dakota, and say retire six nuke subs. Thus, we reduce the nuclear threat of our WMD, while still having say 100 hydrogen bombs for the fleet of SR-72's. After all, Mach 6 is not that much slower than an ICBM (sea or ground launched), and you can recall it, if half way to the target the Krauts and Japs surrender. As you know, France always starts the wars, and Americans love a good war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com