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Re: SR-71 (968)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 03:12:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Shafer
Subject: Re: SR-71 (968)
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 Xelex@aol.com wrote:
> SR-71A (61-7968) was towed to Edwards AFB South Base today (9 SEP 99). It
> will be dismantled, beginning next week, for transport to a museum.
They may have planned to tow it to South Base, but I'd swear it was
still on the ramp at 1700 when I drove by it on my way home. I can't
help but be sure I'd notice if it had been moved; I'm very observant and
I always look for it and any F-22s that may be out. (I didn't go into
work on Friday, 10 Sept, so it could well be gone by now, though.) I'm
absolutely positive it was there at 1400. I wish they would tow it away
because it looks so pitiful.
Speaking of F-22s, that is a spin chute someone reported seeing. I got
a pretty good look at it twice on Thursday and recognized it
immediately. The plane wasn't in the hangar, which may be becaus of the
live mortar shell.
Mary
Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR shafer@ursa-major.spdcc.com
"Some days it don't come easy/And some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all/And these are the days that never end...."
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Created: Sat Sep 11 03:18:26 EDT 1999