More Blackbird Trivia

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message news:

Want to see a SR71 Black Bird fly in to McMinnville OR you can also see
the
Spruce Goose

Saw that old hoss at Dryden not too long before they took it up to
McMinnville. She was on the flightline with another Blackbird, there was a
JP-7 truck and the "follow me" truck was a star-spangled CJ-5. I'm talking
PORN, friends.

The McMinnville museum org is...weird. For example, they have the Goose,
a Blackbird, an F-15, a bf109 with the original engine, B-17, P-38, P-51,
yaddayaddayadda... Yet, last time I stood in line to pay admission they had
a board up asking for donations. Cameras, projectors, VCRs, brooms. The
thing is, they were specifying things like "VCR -4 head Hi Fi" These guys
have an SR-71 and I'm paying close to ten bucks to get in, but they can't
afford a frickin mop?!

I volunteered for a couple of years, got to ride around in the B-17 etc.
Now, you have to go through a background check, fill out all kinds of
paperwork, go to mandatory orientation meetings and put in a minimum number
of hours a month. Sounds to me more like unpaid part-type employment than
"volunteer" work.

Kinda creepy.
-c