speaking of planes....i wish they never retired this bird. my favorite military aircraft:

 

SR-71 Blackbird

(actually the RS-71, when being announced to the public, it was misread, just stuck with it)

Thats my det's... official plane


We're the Screaming Blackbirds.

First black SR-71 pilot to fly the blackbird came outta my det.

Its at a historically black school

 

the SR-71 was too much of a cash cow to continue funding once the cold war was over.

 

isn't nasa still flying the sr-71 or whatever non military designation it has now.

and yeah it did take a lot of money to run. i mean the freaking thing would leak (not burn) most of it's fuel during the taxi and take off :chuckles: and would need to be refueled after it was airborn

 

nope.. decomissioned.. there's no need anymore since satellite imaging took over

 

didnt they retire that thing like three times? each time they retired it, they would end up using it again i think.

 

actually NASA is using a SR-71 to test a new hypersonic engine.