Photographs taken at the Air Zoo, Kalamazoo Michigan.
Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2020/11/15/lockheed-sr-71b-blackbird-walk-around-part-2/
Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird Walk Around
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Photographs taken at the Air Zoo, Kalamazoo Michigan.
Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2020/11/15/lockheed-sr-71b-blackbird-walk-around-part-2/
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Nice! The Habu AKA Sled. I’ve seen some Youtube videos of former SR-71 pilots (Maury Rosenberg and Brian Shul) discussing their experiences with this aircraft. It’s a beast. These photos are missing one thing, however…copious amounts of fuel leaking out of the expansion joints.
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The photos are also missing another thing – light! It was really hard to photograph in that setting, but I have some more pictures for next week which are better. The one at the Air Zoo is the only surviving B model so that was neat to see it!
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I saw this airplane fly! It was August ‘97, it had engine problems after an appearance at Osh Kosh and landed at Milwaukee. After an engine change, it departed a week (or two?) later with an F-18 escort. I was on the tower catwalk to watch the take off! So cool!
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Lucky! I’ve only ever seen one flying on radar!
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An amazing aircraft- gutted I never saw it fly. It was due at a UK airshow I was at but the display was cancelled.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Fortunately most were preserved for museums. Not as impressive as when they were active but at least they can still be seen.
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