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From: betnal@ns.net
Subject: Re: Edwards AFB
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 99 14:10:56 GMT
On 9/1/99 10:53PM, in message <Pine.GSO.4.05.9909012225130.585-100000@stucco>,
Wei-Jen Su <wsu@its.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Hey guys, today I was in Edwards AFB and saw the F-22 Raptor 01
> taxing to her hangar, and next to the hangar was a SR-71 with the two
> vertical stabilizer removed! Anyone know which SR-71 was and what was
> doing there? Also saw the Raptor 02 with a orange cylinder attached to the
> top back of the airplane, anyone know what is it? Looks like a camera or a
> spin recover chute. Ah, I also saw the SR-71B with the tail number 831.
>
The SR-71 was probably 968, the next SR they were about to restore to flight
status when Clinton killed the program. It was towed over to where the USAF ones
were kept in order to get it out of the way. I suspect eventually USAF will try
and destroy it.
Art
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Created: Fri Sep 3 10:22:44 EDT 1999