A few favorite birds

Chuckc

P-51 snuggled up under an SR-71. This SR-71 (tail number 17958) holds a few speed records that have stood officially since 1976.

DSC_1711crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

DSC_1728crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

DSC_1719crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

Chuckc

If you are ever near Warner Robins, GA the air museum there is well worth a stop. Plan on 4 hours to do it justice.

Chuckc

C-141 showing one of Dad's modifications on the nose.

DSC_1707crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

Chuckc

"The Bone"

DSC_1735Crop by Flcrutch, on Flickr

WaterEngineer

Awesome. That is now on the bucket list.

Chuckc

The place is huge and also totally free.

https://www.museumofaviation.org/

Chuckc

One more.

WaterEngineer

Chuckc wrote: »

The place is huge and also totally free.

https://www.museumofaviation.org/

Chuckc

If you go take your best low light gear as it's very dimly lit inside.

mississippi mac

Chuck,
good shots of the blackbird...
friend of mine flew #4 for several years...

nice shot of the "bone"...

a squad stopped for a week at the Air national guard base in Gulfport circa '03...
my office was right across the street from the flight line...
every time those bad boys took off all work came to a stop...
windows vibrated, stuff on my desk moved around, and you could not speak while this was going on because they were so frickin' loud!!!

tim

Chuckc

Your friend is a fortunate man indeed to have flown such an iconic bird.

mississippi mac

Chuckc wrote: »

Your friend is a fortunate man indeed to have flown such an iconic bird.

Dave told me some hair raising stories doing missions over Russia and north korea...

also refueling was a scary time too because it had to be done in a shallow dive hooked up to a kc-135...


tim