[GCFL-discuss] today's SR-71 funny

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

I love it, too and I only met it today!  It was a SUPER FAST spy plane that took LOTS of high resolution pictures and was decommissioned in 1989.  I wonder if there are some at the Davis Monthan Air Force base or the Pima Air and Space Museum boneyards near us.  Hmmm.  I would really like to see one up close.  Too bad I never got to see one fly.  The most exciting thing I have ever seen in the air (with my naked eyes) was the space shuttle being carried on the back of a GIGANTIC airplane.  It flew low over the I-10 freeway here in Tucson while I was driving (I pulled over and STARED) and landed out at the Air Force Base for some reason.  I never knew they were transported...

Thanks for the info about the fuel tanks.  WOW.

My son (PFC Joseph Headlee, USArmy) is an operator of a couple of the military's unmanned aerial vehicles (spy planes).  Their resolution is amazing as well, but they fly fairly low.  I think they are cool.  I have seen several of them and they are quite small.  They have a payload in addition to the camera.  He will be deployed in February to Iraq.

Jeanene

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  I love this plane. Jeanene, their fule tank is a rubber type substance. They only put enough fuel into it to get it into the air, as it leaks like no tomorrow till it gets in the air and the tank stretches out and seals perfectly. The plane is actually quite old and I'm not sure it ever saw much duty (for as advanced as it is). Amazing that much hasn't come near to replacing it. But then maybe we don't need it replaced.
  I have been facinated by it from a very young age. Wish I could see one in real life.
  ~Lance
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