Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

[knot4u]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SR-71-Blackbird-Original-Vertical-Tail-Rudder-/160627539245?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&hash=item256625bd2d#ht_500wt_1165

[W J Pearce]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Assuming it is all legit, 17955 has an air racing connection so you are not even off topic. It formed up with Jeannie. Big Jim probably knows the story.

[xmh53wrench]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Ok...explain that, the guy has the stab for auction, and 4 lighted crochet hooks.....

I wonder if he will throw in the hooks?

[N22252]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Ok...explain that, the guy has the stab for auction, and 4 lighted crochet hooks.....

I wonder if he will throw in the hooks?

Gotta have a front for your black operations....

Q: "Is this where they keep the spy planes?"

A: "No, we're...ummm... uh.... a craft supply shop... yeah that's it...Anybody wanna buy this rare Beanie Baby autographed by Kelly Johnson?"

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Make for a great dining room table, though for a million bucks I'd probably SLEEP on the damn thing.


Hey! If I mounted that slab of titanium structure (still coated with radar-absorbing RAM) broadside-forward on the front of my van, would I be able to sneak past police radar guns while speeding?

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

That guy has been trying to sell that for at least a year now. And yes, there is a very cool pic of Jeanie in formation with 955 somewhere down near Edwards afb. I've tried to find more info on it, but apparently it was a very hush hush event.

955 can be seen at Edwards, just down the road from 980 which is at Dryden.

Will

[Leo]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Mount that slab side forward on your van and you probably wouldn't NEED radar protection. That much drag you probably couldn't even do the limit...

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Well, I would angle it upwards to re-direct the radar waves, F-117 style...That might help reduce drag, and create INCREDIBLE front-end downforce as a bonus.




Nah. It would be better just to cover the front of the van with those pyramid-like RAM structures they line indoor radar testing facilities with:








It would make for one odd-looking vehicle, but think of the money saved in speeding tickets! At least in the days of the "National 55 mph Speed Limit" it would have sounded good to some.

[Leo]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Let's see, increased tire wear, bearings, ball joints, bushings, a ticket might be cheaper.

Give those spikes the right look and nobody will ever cut you off!

At a concert recently we had a fan that got in with huge spikes on his neck, shoulders, wrists, ankles, etc. Kind of a "Road Warrior" look. We got concerned about having to deal with him in a fight (rent-a-cops) so a couple of us went and talked to him. Turned out they were rubber and foam, the guy was an insurance salesman and as nice as could be.
Certainly looked real.

[Big_Jim]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

And yes, there is a very cool pic of Jeanie in formation with 955 somewhere down near Edwards afb. I've tried to find more info on it, but apparently it was a very hush hush event.

I can PROMISE you that that flight never happened.


Sorry folks....photos removed because someone in particular couldn't play well with others, even though I clearly stated the photos were part of MY collection.

[N22252]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

I can PROMISE you that that flight never happened.











But if it did it might have looked something like this:

(not my photos, just part of my collection)

Unless someone can produce a picture of Air Biscuit in formation with a Saturn V rocket, that will remain the coolest air-to-air shot ever

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

I can PROMISE you that that flight never happened.











But if it did it might have looked something like this:

(not my photos, just part of my collection)

That second photo I've seen, and is the one I was talking about, the first one however I have never seen. Super cool. Two of my favorites in formation in the same pic. I can't remember who was flying 955 when the shot was taken, but I do remember reading about it in one of my books. (It might have been "Blackbird Rising" but I can't remember. The book is on loan to a friend so I can't go look it up.) I think it (didn't take) place just after one of the Mojave races.

Will

[Big_Jim]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

That second photo I've seen, and is the one I was talking about, the first one however I have never seen. Super cool. Two of my favorites in formation in the same pic. I can't remember who was flying 955 when the shot was taken, but I do remember reading about it in one of my books. (It might have been "Blackbird Rising" but I can't remember. The book is on loan to a friend so I can't go look it up.) I think it (didn't take) place just after one of the Mojave races.

Will

No, the last Mojave race was in 1979. This was taken 1981/82 time-frame. Remember, Skip Holm was a test pilot in the Lockheed Skunk Works out at Palmdale and some guys by the name of Boland and Law worked in the same gig.

As I understand it, this flight really 'didn't' happen, and apparently Zeuschel had a big enlargement of the first photo up in his shop...and whenever Bruce or Pete came by the photo disappeared for plausable deniability.

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Unless someone can produce a picture of Air Biscuit in formation with a Saturn V rocket, that will remain the coolest air-to-air shot ever

I dunno. I still think the photo with the Blackbird is cooler:

[jarrodeu]

Re: Hey Pal, could you spare a million?

Thanks for posting that Big Jim.

Jarrod