Early last week while my parents were in town for Thanksgiving we stopped into the Smithsonin Air & Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a nearby attraction in Chantilly, to watch a couple of IMAX films and take a guided tour of the museum.
With that on my mind I thought this image from 2013 would make for a good Throwback Thursday photo of the day!
This Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is on display in the Boeing Aviation Hangar of the center. No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace than or with such complete impunity as the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.
This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.
1/25 sec, at f/4 ISO 3200
Canon EOS 7D with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens at 50mm
I hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of the Day for November 30, 2017!
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