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  1. 13th October 2019, 03:56 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Yeah, what could have been...
    I still mourn Concorde and Vulcan, let alone Blackbird and Valkyrie. Still, at least I got to see Concorde flying once. June, 1972. Strewth, that's less than a month before I joined the Army! Ye Gods, time flies....

    I know I'm probably romanticising this a little, but I have a memory of an overcast Melbourne day, with one hole in the clouds with a stream of sunlight shining through, and that is how Concorde chose to appear, in that beam of sunshine on a grey day. I wish I'd had an iPhone back then.... you know, the best camera there is is the one you have with you. I didn't even have a Kodak Instamatic in those days.

    There is one great news shot of her in Sydney though.

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  2. 8th February 2020, 01:07 PM #22
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    ​JayTee

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    I had the privilege of doing a tour of the Steven F Udvar-Hazy museum a few years ago, with Col. Buz Carpenter as the guide. What a humble bloke.
    As well as having flown the SR-71, He also has a fair bit of time on Phantoms.
    I spent a bit of time with him after the tour finished, and he said to me "this thing only recently became de-classified recently, so you can ask me anything you like".
    So we chatted about some of his sorties over the years.
    What a great experience!

    Here's just one video of him:

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    One of the books in my collection is "Skunk Works" by Rich and Janos. The inside story of the organisation that built the SR-71.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    One of the books in my collection is "Skunk Works" by Rich and Janos. The inside story of the organisation that built the SR-71.
    That's a great book.

    My favourite SR 71 story was when the crew had to divert across France after the oil lights came on and the Mirage came up alongside.

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  6. 11th February 2020, 10:28 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    LOVED this, Pickles.
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