SR-71 Blackbird to visit an airshow?

The last SR-71 flight was made on Saturday October 9, 1999, at the Edwards AFB air show. The aircraft used was NASA 844. The aircraft was also scheduled to make a flight the following day, but a fuel leak grounded the aircraft and prevented it from flying again. The NASA SR-71s were then put in flyable storage, where they remained until 2002. They were then sent to museums.

Steve Douglass, a “military radio” hobbyist in Amarillo, Texas, monitored a curious exchange on the morning of 07Jan2004. An unidentified aircraft calling itself “Lockheed Test 2334” told FAA controllers in Albuquerque, N.M., that it was “going supersonic somewhere above Flight Level 60 [60,000 feet]”
According to Douglass, the FAA controllers questioned the aircraft. “Say what aircraft type,” requested the controller. “We are a classified type and can’t reveal our true altitude,” responded the pilot. A few minutes later the same pilot requested permission to descend to 30,000 feet and a flight path to “Las Vegas with final destination somewhere in the Nellis Range.”

Distiller I will just use a quote I heard years ago. Believe half of what you see, nothing of what you hear and even less of what appears in the press

The last SR-71 flight was made on Saturday October 9, 1999, at the Edwards AFB air show. The aircraft used was NASA 844. The aircraft was also scheduled to make a flight the following day, but a fuel leak grounded the aircraft and prevented it from flying again. The NASA SR-71s were then put in flyable storage, where they remained until 2002. They were then sent to museums.

Steve Douglass, a “military radio” hobbyist in Amarillo, Texas, monitored a curious exchange on the morning of 07Jan2004. An unidentified aircraft calling itself “Lockheed Test 2334” told FAA controllers in Albuquerque, N.M., that it was “going supersonic somewhere above Flight Level 60 [60,000 feet]”
According to Douglass, the FAA controllers questioned the aircraft. “Say what aircraft type,” requested the controller. “We are a classified type and can’t reveal our true altitude,” responded the pilot. A few minutes later the same pilot requested permission to descend to 30,000 feet and a flight path to “Las Vegas with final destination somewhere in the Nellis Range.”

Now I don’t want to be the Fly in the Onmint but according to various sorces their are Two BlackBirds held in Flight status held at Groom Lake.(Lets not Go to UFO stuff)

That would’nt surprise me, they would need a chase plan for the Aurora.- 🙂 :rolleyes:

Now I don’t want to be the Fly in the Onmint but according to various sorces their are Two BlackBirds held in Flight status held at Groom Lake.(Lets not Go to UFO stuff)

An for the SR-71 last flight there is an un-confirm report that in 2001 a SR did a flight over Afgan.

Did I read it right Moggy you want Eggbeaters are you sick did you eat something bad? You got to stay away from those Fish-N-Chips 😮

Thanks RobAnt. Now I can update my database! :p

Does a Stinson Reliant have the ‘nickname’ blackbird?

No – Robin? 😉

I saw this a few weeks ago and on making further enquiries I was informed that THERE ARE DEFINATELY “NO” SR71s still flying. Re the NASA one that was the Last and this is now grounded.

There have been some changes in the program. It looks like the SR71 is not going to make it after all. :rolleyes: It is no longer in the flying-program. For more info look at the link on the top of the page.

J.V.

It’s a bit off, if a show organiser does something like this, mistake or not.:(

FYI the last airshow appearance of a Blackbird was not Nellis in Apr 97, but on 9th October 1999 at the Edwards AFB show, when SR-71A (61-7980) gave a flight demonstration, which was also this aircraft’s final flight and also the final ever flight of a Blackbird.

Who said it is a real one ?

The organiser just said they wrote SR-71 on purpose…;)
Which does not necessarily means it is a real one

I’m almost 100% sure that there are no flight capable SR-71’s left. This months flypast has a photo of what it describes as being the last SR-71 available for static display, being unveiled at Palmdale I think.
Maybe someone from across the pond can confirm this, but I think the last airshow appearance of a Blackbird was at the USAF 50th Anniversary Airshow at Nellis AFB back in 1997….:confused:
And what a fab flypast it was, and I wish I could post up the photos I took of it as well……..:(

Now, This gets us back to the start of this item. Does someone have more info?

Happymeal, did you get more info about this plane? Is it going to fly or is it static? :confused:

So, it’s a real one happymeal? :confused:

I have a look to the provisional list again and you’re right… sorry for my mistake to the webmaster!

16H40-16H58 AVIATION DE LUXE ET D’AFFAIRE
1*Stinson – 1*Lockheed 12 – 1*Falcon 2000 – 1*Super Constellation – 2* Skyraider –
1*SR-71 Blackbird

No, the Webmaster did intent to write SR-71 Blackbird

Talked to the organiser and webmaster of Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis airshow, and they confirmed they did not write SR-71 Blackbird instead of Stinson Reliant…

One of the highlights for me would be the Vietnam section

Come to the Airshow at the Olympic Flight Museum in Washington State on 18-20 June and you can see two Huey’s plus two cobra’s flying in formation to the tune of Ride of the Valkryies. Plus several Navions, at least one Skyraider and most likely an L-19 and an O-2 (337). Can’t help you with the special effects though!

Originally posted by Moggy C
Needs a couple of Huey’s though.

Blimey, now THERE’s a thing I never thought I’d see – Moggy advocating the appearance of eggbeaters! 😀

It will be nice to see this thundering Stinson Reliant 71 Blackbird in flight:rolleyes: !

This would make some sense MK959. What a way of making advertisment for a show. Does a Stinson Reliant have the ‘nickname’ blackbird? Not that I know.

Stieglitz,

It’s an error from the webmaster :rolleyes: . In fact, you should read Stinson Reliant instead of SR-71!

Perhaps it`s just a ruse to get more punters through the gates?

Your french is fine Moggy C. Maybe in France consider flying a SR-71 is a luxury. 😀 But it is strange indeed that the plane is placed under this theme.