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[Walt Armour]

That would most likely have been the A-12 at Battleship park in Mobile,
AL.  It would be right off I-10.  http://www.ussalabama.com/

For anyone interested in Blackbirds, try this site:
http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/sr71/index.html

On topic, I haven't made or put up any antennas yet.  :)  I imagine when
I do I'll have some stinkers as well.  I'm thinking about a dipole
running the ridge of my house.  I could hit a half-wave for 40 meters.
Then there are those really tall fir trees in the front yard...

Walt, KE7GWZ

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 17:40 -0400, Dan Barker wrote: 
> Reminds me of a customer of mine, who DOES understand the social position of
> being a customer.
> 
> I was driving along I-10 (I think, somewhere in the Florida Panhandle) and
> saw a Blackbird parked alongside of the expressway. I immediately exited and
> found the SR-71 on display at some museum.
> 
> While looking at this magnificient expression of aviation technology, my
> beeper went off. Tom knew I was on vacation, and knew not to interrupt me,
> but he beeped anyway - because it was important.
> 
> I called him on my cellphone and told him "I'm standing under a Blackbird!",
> then asked what he needed. I don't remember what he needed, but it wasn't
> important enough for him even to mention on that call. He said Cool!, asked
> me to take some pictures of the plane and to call back later. He was not
> going to interrupt looking at the SR-71 (or RS-71, if LBJ could read better)
> for some silly computer issue.
> 
> I've always liked a little balance in a customer<g>.
> 
> Dan / WG4S
> 
> Kevin Rock wrote:
>  > You skipped my favorite aircraft: the Blackbird.
> 
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