Great aviation museum

In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Right now, it has an SR-71 sitting under the right wing. The blackbird
looks tiny.

My wife and I visited a couple of weeks ago. Terrific Museum. The SR71
IS small. I'd never seen one up close.

Um, the SR-71 is bigger than a World War II bomber, and almost as big
as a modern airliner.

"Small" it is not.

It looks small due to the narrow wingspan and small fuselage. The
wingspan of an SR-71 is only 20ft more then a Cherokee (55ft vs
35ft). Length is about the only measurement it isn't small in.
I remember walking around the one at the Air Force Museum and
thinking how small it looked.

For comparison:

SR-71 B-17 PA-28
----- ---- -----
Wingspan 55ft 7in 103ft 9in 35ft
Height 18ft 6in 19ft 1in 7ft 4in
Length 107ft 5in 74ft 4in 23ft 10in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa-28 (I've actually flown the Warrior
pictured in the article. I guess that's worth 15 seconds
of internet fame.

John
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