https://www.ipernity.com/tag/ronslog/keyword/674519 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/19/49/18713.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/ronslog/keyword/674519 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:10:44 +0000 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:10:44 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304253 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304253 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:08:13-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304253"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/53/5304253.b617aeda.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="207" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2929) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304253"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/53/5304253.b617aeda.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="207" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304252 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304252 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:07:58-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304252"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/52/5304252.fec82806.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="184" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2928) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304252"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/52/5304252.fec82806.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="184" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304251 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304251 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:07:33-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304251"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/51/5304251.32897b38.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="153" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2927) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304251"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/51/5304251.32897b38.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="153" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304260 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304260 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T09:52:20-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304260"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/60/5304260.0bd8fda1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="114" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (8331) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304260"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/60/5304260.0bd8fda1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="114" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304259 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304259 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T09:51:48-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304259"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/59/5304259.dac8d47b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="97" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (8330) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304259"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/59/5304259.dac8d47b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="97" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304256 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304256 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T09:45:55-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304256"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/56/5304256.caf53b59.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (8327) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304256"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/56/5304256.caf53b59.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304255 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304255 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:08:38-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304255"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/55/5304255.24b46aac.240.jpg?r2" width="214" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2931) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304255"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/55/5304255.24b46aac.240.jpg?r2" width="214" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304254 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304254 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:08:28-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/54/5304254.dfad28a2.240.jpg?r2" width="229" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2930) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/54/5304254.dfad28a2.240.jpg?r2" width="229" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304258 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304258 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T09:51:11-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304258"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/58/5304258.6df3392e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (8329) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304258"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/58/5304258.6df3392e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304257 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304257 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T09:50:28-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304257"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/57/5304257.5334d7da.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="154" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (8328) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304257"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/57/5304257.5334d7da.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="154" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304249 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304249 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T23:25:48-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304249"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/49/5304249.091cdb7a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="49" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304249"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/49/5304249.091cdb7a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="49" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304250 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-05,doc-5304250 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:07:08 +0000 2009-07-02T10:07:22-07:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Ron's Log) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304250"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/50/5304250.88009e6f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (2926) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/ronslog">Ron's Log</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/ronslog/5304250"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/42/50/5304250.88009e6f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Lockheed's "Skunk Works," the Blackbird was designed to look at the Earth from over 80,000 feet and to fly fast (over Mach 3.3 or 2,350 MPH). One flew from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, in 64 minutes, 5 seconds, at an average speed of 2,153 MPH. This aircraft on display at the museum flew the most operational missions of any SR-71. It was the first to fly over Vietnam and it few photo reconnaissance over Libya in 1986. Thirty-two were based at Beale AFB, California, on Okinawa and in the UK. Though they were shot at over 1,000 times, none were ever lost to hostile fire. The SR-71 was retired in 1990, but three were refurbished and returned to service in 1995 and again retired at the end of 1997.</div> Ron's Log