This is a MUCH younger me giving tours of the WWII aircraft on the USS Lexington at the '84 New Orleans World's Fair.
SNJ in background.
SNJ in background.
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That was epic.https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-speed-check-story
My fave Blackbird story, followed closely by the low speed afterburner story.
If it's a kids book, they better give me a viking beard.Then someone can write a book about you! "The Tiniest Viking"
The best answer we got from a tour was, "Sorry that's classified but read "Red Storm Rising".This is a MUCH younger me giving tours of the WWII aircraft on the USS Lexington at the '84 New Orleans World's Fair.
SNJ in background.View attachment 3400206
That WAS a great book. I think he was investigated because his description of submarine capabilities and operations was SO accurate, they KNEW he had to have leaked, Top Secret information. He had to go back and show it was open sourced and he just did LOTS of homework. (Pre internet)The best answer we got from a tour was, "Sorry that's classified but read "Red Storm Rising".
Yep, read it. Then read it again. My first love is airplanes. Then I discovered girls. What a huge, blessed mistake that was.
They are both expensive.
If it's a kids book, they better give me a viking beard.
Actually, just make me look like the Man-ataur from Gravity Falls
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That's all I've got.
Pretty massive specimen!I thought it was a speciman jn a natural history or museum, okay? I didn't bother to look for a tiny wizard riding it
You would be correctI think that's in the airport in NZ?