SR-71 Bodø recovery mission.

Probably old news to those who are seasoned forum members but i did search and came up emptyhanded.

Anyway, this is one from the history books, a SR-71 mission with a engine problem had to do a emergency landing in bodø, Norway. Link includes interviews, scanned slides and newspaper articles. Personally i found it very interesting because it gives a visual peek into the past but also because it is in my "backyard" beeing norwegian and all.

Enjoy!

SR-71 recovery mission

Just wanted to sign on and give a star and thanks. I like these bits

I great set of photos there. That is an amazing bird.
thanks, for sharing. S&F

I wish them well with that. If you haven't read "Sled Driver" yet, I suggest you do so. It's a first hand account by an SR-71 pilot that even includes a lot of pictures he took while flying that are stunning to see.

It would be nice to see in maybe 20 - 30 years the photos of the F-117 prototype and development airframes that used RAF Lossiemouth as a staging area and their photographs of training missions over Norway.

I'd like to see that a lot actually.

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I will check out that book for sure, thanks for the heads up! :-)