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Offline Sandman

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« on: January 25, 2006, 12:49:22 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2006, 12:57:41 AM »
The SR-71, A2, and U-2 in the first link are at Blackbird Park in Palmdale.  You can walk up to them and touch 'em, it's very cool.  That's where I got my first 'Remove before flight' keyfob.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2006, 01:27:54 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2006, 06:53:11 AM »
Duxford is clear on Google-Earth as well ;)
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2006, 07:20:08 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2006, 08:19:06 AM »
I can see the checkered building from my office. They filmed the touching "I'm gonna die" scene from Space Cowboys under that SR-71.

 http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.883322,-117.266489&spn=0.001523,0.002693&t=k
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2006, 11:02:18 AM »
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I can see the checkered building from my office. They filmed the touching "I'm gonna die" scene from Space Cowboys under that SR-71.

 http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.883322,-117.266489&spn=0.001523,0.002693&t=k


IS that a pair of B-29s MT?




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 Is that somekind of outdoor museum at LAX?
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2006, 11:14:17 AM »
One is a B-29, the other is a B-50 converted to tanker service.. 89?

awww hell I'll look it up.


It is a KC-97L




Here is the B-29A

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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2006, 12:37:18 PM »
Cool MT thanks!


Does the B-29 fly or is it static?
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2006, 01:55:38 PM »
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=palmdale&btnG=Search&t=k&ll=34.637198,-118.081656&spn=0.005967,0.013561&t=k


On this same airfield you can see the Boeing X-32... can you find it? :)

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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2006, 02:22:58 PM »
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Cool MT thanks!


Does the B-29 fly or is it static?


All static, although Paul Allen used to store a P-51 and a P-38 there. I was outside the plant when the Lightning flew in ... saweet.
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2006, 02:39:04 PM »
yeah I bet.



Can you bribe someone to let you into the B-29?
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2006, 02:45:21 PM »
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yeah I bet.



Can you bribe someone to let you into the B-29?


They have open plane days every once in a while, I'll let you know next time I hear them advertise it. I have a pic somewhere of me in the cockpit of a B-25.  Dang they were small.
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2006, 02:46:36 PM »
Awsome...


I will one of these days call Chino and find out how much I need to donate for about 10 minutes of just sitting in their F4U. Well that and some privacy... and maybe a tissue!:D
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2006, 03:03:13 PM »
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On this same airfield you can see the Boeing X-32... can you find it? :)
 
yup... i found it

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=palmdale&btnG=Search&t=k&ll=34.619109,-118.084225&spn=0.002026,0.005364&t=k
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