tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post2704402091434798288..comments2024-03-29T06:22:31.300-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: SR - 71 Blackbird engine on full afterburnerc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-80218755434044232102014-02-21T21:29:01.452-08:002014-02-21T21:29:01.452-08:00That would get a million views on Youtube.That would get a million views on Youtube.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-3172832331595348912014-02-21T18:12:56.054-08:002014-02-21T18:12:56.054-08:00When I was working graveyard shift at Hill Air For...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.<br /><br />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".<br /><br />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".<br /><br />Years later, when living in Idaho, I met and became friends with one of the pilots, who had retired to his farm.<br /><br />He had video of himself ejecting from the SR-71 "Blackbird" when it caught fire.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com