jdthomas 0 #1 March 29, 2007 We went to the Kansas Comosphere on Tuesday and here one of the planes I got to see. If you find yourself passing thru Hutchinson kasnas drop in and see this place. I will be posting pics of Liberty bell 7 and apollo 13 spacecraft soon.www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WatchYourStep 0 #2 March 29, 2007 Joe for a second I thought you were going to say you went to a show and saw the band SR71, but the plane is pretty cool as well. "You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #3 March 29, 2007 I went to the cosmosphere a few months ago. What an amazing place! Who would have thought that kind of museum would be in the middle of Kansas? It was definatly worth the drive**. I spent about 4 hours there and could have spent even more. They have the original Liberty Bell 7 (which was rescued from the bottom of the ocean) and the Apollo 13 capsules. I was also really impressed by the way they showed the history of the space program from its origins in WW2 and through the Cold War. **edited to add: It's worth the drive from Wichita. Nothing is worth the drive through Kansas from Denver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #4 March 29, 2007 Beautiful jet. I got to see one on the Intrepid when I was in New York last summer._________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #5 March 29, 2007 Thanks for reminding me, if the weather is horrible this weekend that I needto go to the Wright Patt Airforce Muesum. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoBob 0 #6 March 29, 2007 When I was a Navy controller in the Phillipines back in the early 80's, we worked SR-71's out of Kadena Okinawa that flew over the the Soviet Base at Cam Rahn Vietnam. They usually came through early in the morning (0100-0300) and it didn't take but a few sweeps and they were gone. That's one bad ass airplane."I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #7 March 29, 2007 QuoteThanks for reminding me, if the weather is horrible this weekend that I needto go to the Wright Patt Airforce Muesum. Let me know if you go... I haven't been in ages (other then when I graduated last thursday night) and I'd love to go... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #8 March 29, 2007 Hmmph, I can see one every day. (Everyone else in Huntsville can too.) "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #9 March 29, 2007 more pics.. 1st one is christina and liberty bell 7, the next is apllo 13 And the last is the spaceship in wich the first spacewalk was preformed from.. for Americans anyway.www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #10 March 29, 2007 QuoteBeautiful jet. I got to see one on the Intrepid when I was in New York last summer. I hear it was pretty tricky landing on that aircraft carrier. Kevin_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #11 March 29, 2007 Wow..........you mean there is actually something that DOESN'T suck in Kansas. How about that........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squarecanopy 0 #12 March 29, 2007 I saw an SR71 take off from Buckley ANGB (now AFB) east of Denver back about 1983-4. It climbed out at about 70 degrees to the horizon and was flat out of sight in less than 2 minutes. What a wild aircraft! BTW The main reason Denver has so little smog compared to some cities of similar size is that.....Kansas....sucks... Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #13 March 29, 2007 I've jumped an SR71. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #14 March 29, 2007 There is one sitting at the Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL, along with almost every rocket and space craft that has taken man into space."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #15 March 29, 2007 QuoteHmmph, I can see one every day. (Everyone else in Huntsville can too.) Yup, and you can touch it too, no ropes or pedestal. It's almost mundane sitting by the roadside, abused by the weather (unless I'm confusing the location). There's one here in San Diego too (actually it's an A-12 but they look very similar): http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/blackbird/06933/index.php?file=06933-10.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #16 March 30, 2007 In Seattle they have one-i think it is at the Boeing museum-and you can sit in the cockpit......all the "good" instruments have been removed, but it is still really cool. They have an engine display as well.........The plane museum in Salt Lake has one too. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #17 March 30, 2007 Been there, seen that! It was pretty cool! Also at that museum are the Apollo-13 command module, actual V-1 and V-2 rockets, and the real liberty bell 7. What I didn't like about the place was all the replicas - they need to do a better job letting visitors know what's real and what's fake.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #18 March 30, 2007 QuoteI've jumped an SR71. Me too...and once was enough! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #19 March 30, 2007 QuoteWow..........you mean there is actually something that DOESN'T suck in Kansas. How about that........ kansas is actually a very cool state..www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #20 March 30, 2007 QuoteI've jumped an SR71. Spectre230................long time no see......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #21 March 30, 2007 QuoteI hear it was pretty tricky landing on that aircraft carrier. the pilot managed it by doing a 180 instead of his usual 270 scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #22 March 30, 2007 The Comosphere is great, and in the middle of nowhere, I went there last fall when working in Wichita. I work at Air Force plant 42 in palmdale where Lockheed did mods on it, they would fly in and out all the time. One time one of the company pilot was retiring and making his last flight, he came in low, pointed it up and punched it in afterburner, broke the sound barrier, the shook the whole town, Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
