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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (a.k.a. R2-D2) worked by... by Arainach on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:00PM (#37652477)
The Museum of Flight has an M-21 - in the Blackbird family but a few feet shorter than the SR-71. It's a truly wonderful plane and I love that you can walk underneath it and get right up close. As I recall they also have one of the engines pulled out to look at as well.
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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (a.k.a. R2-D2) worked by... by blincoln on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:04PM (#37653395)
The Museum of Flight also has an entire SR-71 cockpit (salvaged from a crash) that visitors can sit in. It's the only place I know of in the world where regular people are encouraged to touch one.
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