When I was working graveyard shift at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, as a Department of Defense civilian police officer, one night an SR-71 "Blackbird" had to make an emergency landing.
The aircraft made it in okay, and our shift supervisor allowed time for each patrol to go to the hangar and see the SR-71 "Blackbird".
When I walked into the hangar and saw that thing from in front of its nose, my immediate impression was it looked just like a spacecraft from the movie, "STAR WARS".
Years later, when living in Idaho, I met and became friends with one of the pilots, who had retired to his farm.
He had video of himself ejecting from the SR-71 "Blackbird" when it caught fire.
When I was working graveyard shift at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, as a Department of Defense civilian police officer, one night an SR-71 "Blackbird" had to make an emergency landing.
ReplyDeleteThe aircraft made it in okay, and our shift supervisor allowed time for each patrol to go to the hangar and see the SR-71 "Blackbird".
When I walked into the hangar and saw that thing from in front of its nose, my immediate impression was it looked just like a spacecraft from the movie, "STAR WARS".
Years later, when living in Idaho, I met and became friends with one of the pilots, who had retired to his farm.
He had video of himself ejecting from the SR-71 "Blackbird" when it caught fire.
That would get a million views on Youtube.
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