Breathtaking spy plane footage.

wimp.com ^ | 11/27/09 | wimp.com

[Doogle]

..pretty cool clip

[mylife]

Thanks for that alfa.

I wish they had shown more of the landing though. Thats the tricky bit.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The only thing air is good for is to breath."

It's pretty handy for keeping a parachute inflated, too...;-)

[newnhdad]

The Skunkworks is a gift that just keep on giving.

[Doogle]

ALERT...SHUTTLE LANDING NOW!!!...FOX

[mylife]

Thanks. I actually saw one land at Edwards once.

[politicalmerc]

Ping

[mylife]

Flaring at 250 mph!

[mylife]

Funny, the shuttle will retire before the Dragonlady does.

[Doogle]

we'll have to see what the next generation looks like...

[mad_as_he$$]

Thank goodness for Kelly Johnson. He was a national treasure.

[mylife]

[Clay Moore]

God bless Kelly Johnson!

[alfa6]

Glad ya got the ping:-)

Have a great weekend while I is here slaving away at work today

At least I is workin

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[mylife]

Working is a good thing LoL

[SES1066]

I saw this and the entire program on BBC America as what I think is a series (Armstrong and then Apollo Wives) on the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. I thought that this program was very well done with interviews of Alan Bean - Apollo 12 - Nov.'69 and Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - Dec.'72. FYI: James May is one of the 3 co-hosts of the marvelous Top Gear auto program on BBC America AND is a licensed private pilot.

Another FYI: The Bill Rutan / Paul Allen / Richard Branson Collaboration of SpaceshipOne made astronaut altitude in Oct. 2004 with a Second Sub-Orbital flight of 111.996 kilometres (69.591 mi / 367k feet) with their test pilot, Brian Binnie, thus winning the Ansari X Prize and giving Mr. Binnie and Mike Melvill (Previous flight of Sep.29th, 2004) FAA civilian astronaut badges.

[alfa6]

Well the infernal revenuers will enjoy my next check more than I will I’m afraid

Back to the salt mines I must go, Hope to make it to the Canteen tonight

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Northern Yankee]

This is outstanding.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

[amom]

mark

[fieldmarshaldj]

"the most thrilling 4 minutes of my life were on my wedding night, much to my bride's disappointment"

You gotta pace yourself, dude. Think about baseball or something...

[Rightly Biased]

There is a SR-71 at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Ks. Awesome bird.

They had to build the building around the bird and make the building so that if the AF wanted it back they could take apart the building and get it.