Special Offer ONLY for Rec.Aviation.Piloting folks...

Bill Fox (the retired Lockheed Skunkworks project coordinator who was
in charge during the development of the SR-71 Blackbird) has generously
volunteered to give his 1-hour Blackbird presentation in our new
theater at the inn on Tuesday, May 30th, at 7 PM. His talk will be
followed by Bill's very special "home video" about the Blackbird, and a
question & answer period.

(FYI: After leaving the Skunkworks, Bill went on to run the notorious
"Area 51" in Nevada, and -- I believe it's safe to say -- he knows as
much about the super secret operations at Groom Lake as any living
American.)

Bill donated ALL of the cool artwork and memorabilia (including a real
SR-71 pitot-static probe!) in our "Blackbird Suite," and if you have
ANY interest in this ultimate aircraft, you will find him to be a
fascinating speaker. I have spent hours chatting with him, and never
once ran out of questions!

Because we only have room for 25 in the theater, we will be taking
reservations for seating. (There is no charge to hear his talk, of
course.) As thanks to all of you for all your help over the last three
years, the first 5 seats will be set aside ONLY for
rec.aviation.piloting readers!

Bill is in his 80's now, and I suspect he won't be giving these talks
forever. Email me directly at if you wish to
come for the talk. It should be a memorable occasion!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Bill is in his 80's now, and I suspect he won't be giving these talks
forever. Email me directly at if you wish to
come for the talk. It should be a memorable occasion!

webcam! (or at least record it and make it available to folks...)

I'm sure more than a few folks here in r.a.p. could transfer
the video to DVD.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Bill is in his 80's now, and I suspect he won't be giving these talks
forever. Email me directly at if you wish to
come for the talk. It should be a memorable occasion!

webcam! (or at least record it and make it available to folks...)

I'm sure more than a few folks here in r.a.p. could transfer
the video to DVD.


No doubt! I'll bet that if you contact the university - school of
broadcasting, there would be more than a few students that need to do a
video project, and could come out to tape the whole thing - with a couple HD
cameras, fancy microphones, and mixers, and make a nice dvd out of it. It
couldn't hurt to ask!

If not, set up a camera and let it run.

You will need to get a cordless mic for the hotel, for presentations and
such, so go out and get one to pass around for questions, and one for the
speaker.

More toys to buy! Fun, fun! g
--
Jim in NC

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:37:36 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
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webcam! (or at least record it and make it available to folks...)

With one of these:
http://www.digitalliquidators.com/de...discontinued=1

Yeah, what Bob said...

Excellent idea to have Bill speak, Jay. Great idea Bob. I'd like to
see also, too far for me to attend.

The Monk

Dang...it's just a bit far for me :-) I'm with Bob, record it (please,
if possible).


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

*sigh*
I'd be there in a heartbeat... if only I could.
Sometimes that which enables us to pursue the world of flight also demands
that we let special opportunities such as this pass us by.

When the AirZoo in Kalamazoo, MI received the SR-71 that they currently have
on display, they were required to remove the engines and several other items
for return to the Smithsonian. I was lucky enough to take one of the last
publicly offered tours of their refurbish hanger where the mechanics showed
us the engines sans-cowlings... truly amazing.

Jim

When the AirZoo in Kalamazoo, MI received the SR-71 that they currently have
on display, they were required to remove the engines and several other items
for return to the Smithsonian. I was lucky enough to take one of the last
publicly offered tours of their refurbish hanger where the mechanics showed
us the engines sans-cowlings... truly amazing.

Now, why would the Smithsonian want the engines back?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Something about their "sharing" deal with other museums, if I remember
correctly. They were headed for a static (bummer) display somewhere.

They sure were awesome to see...

Jim



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
When the AirZoo in Kalamazoo, MI received the SR-71 that they currently
have
on display, they were required to remove the engines and several other
items
for return to the Smithsonian. I was lucky enough to take one of the
last
publicly offered tours of their refurbish hanger where the mechanics
showed
us the engines sans-cowlings... truly amazing.

Now, why would the Smithsonian want the engines back?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
When the AirZoo in Kalamazoo, MI received the SR-71 that they currently have
on display, they were required to remove the engines and several other items
for return to the Smithsonian. I was lucky enough to take one of the last
publicly offered tours of their refurbish hanger where the mechanics showed
us the engines sans-cowlings... truly amazing.


Now, why would the Smithsonian want the engines back?

Most probably because the Smithsonian has the largest aircraft engine
collection in the world and wants to preserve examples forever. SI has
LOTS of stuff housed all over the world. If you want to see an SR with
the engines on I suggest you come on over to the Udvar-Hazy Center :-)

Margy
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"