If you have never actually seen an SR71 in person you owe it to yourself to do so. I saw one on display back in the 90's at an AFB in San Antonio and more recently visiting the Udvar-Hazy museum in Washington. It is a spectacular thing to look at. Engineering taken to such an extreme it has become a piece of art. It is beautiful to look at, even people who aren't into planes will just stand there with a slack jaw. Skunk Works is another great book that is more about the F117 but has a lot of info on the SR71. The SR71 will not be equaled until spaceflight is considered routine. It was and is still so far ahead of anything else it might as well be alien technology. RT

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