[Milsurplus] Re: U-2 vs SR-71...

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> The cost to operate the Blackbird exceeds $80,000.00 per hour. The AF
> did not sell them. A few are in short term storage and the balance are
> in long term mothball. NASA has one that is semi operational, but only
> as a research plane.
> The U2/TR2 cost is around 12 to 15K per hour.. Less MX and better
> reliability.
> 
> Hank
> KN6DI

Thanks, Hank. I wasn't sure. I had read in Flight magazine that the 
Armed Forces had gotten rid of all of them.

Ken W7EKB