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To: C19fan
telling the Houston Chronicle he believes they are SR-72 Blackbirds

That would be SR-71, not SR-72.
(Actually was RS-71, but someone (LBJ?) mixed up the letters and "SR" stuck)

14 posted on 04/02/2014 6:39:37 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: GBA
(Actually was RS-71, but someone (LBJ?) mixed up the letters and "SR" stuck)

Yes, the Recon and Surveillance (RS) 71 aircraft was a technological marvel at the time and LBJ slipped up and transposed the letters. This was years before the "gotcha" journalism era and a time when deference and respect for the office of the President caused the Lockheed officials to scramble to change the designation from RS-71 to SR-71, even changing the painted letters and logo.

19 posted on 04/02/2014 6:52:41 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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