Friday, July 12, 2013

I Fly The SR-71!


I got to fly the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane today!  Well, I mean, it wasn't really the WHOLE plane - just the front end and cockpit that was saved after an accident.  It is on display in the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, in Seattle.  Well I didn't actually FLY it, either. It was on the floor of the museum the whole time.  I just kind of SAT in it.  But it was EXACTLY like flying the real thing, if you are a 12-year old, who is nuts about aviation, like I am.  The SR-71 is a legendary airplane and was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career.  How about 85,000 feet and Mach 3.2+  How about Los Angeles to Washington, DC in 64 minutes and 20 seconds!  Yikes!  Can you understand my excitement to be sitting in the cockpit of such an amazing aircraft?

2 comments:

  1. With all this excitement, I hope you were wearing a pilots piddle pack. Just in case it got too exciting!

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  2. I can understand your excitement!

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