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         SR-71 BLACKBIRD  

                                   Once upon a time, man looked up at the sky and dreamed that one day
                    he too would be able to soar among the birds that flew near the clouds.
                   That he'd go where no man had gone before, to leap the boundaries of
                   gravity and glide on the thermal currents of air, be with the lightning
                     and thunder that ruled the heavens that seem so far out of reach.  Then
                        he would challenge even the birds of prey, out chased the fastest & later 
                    the highest that ever took flight. Barriers of endurance, distance and  
                       even the 'wall' (the sound barrier) were also exceeded. Then there came
                     a challenge from the leader of the free world to build,  to fly and more
                       importantly... to Man a craft that would out run a bullet, out climb any
                        other plane in existence and out maneuver any hostile missiles. Even the 
                     Russian airmen that were sent to eliminate this threat,   called it the...
                                     INTIMIDATOR !                 
             
                       Your Journey Begins here...