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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle & SR-71: Up close & persona
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Date: 6 Sep 90 22:46:57 GMT
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In article <52900002@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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> /* Written 10:25 am  Sep  5, 1990 by mbullock@ADS.COM in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:sci.space.shuttle */
> also related some stories and facts about the aircraft - like the time
> when Reagan had an SR-71 do a fly-by at Castro's home in Cuba in the 
> middle of the night at tree-top level. ZOWIE - what a way to be woken up
> in the morning!
> 
> Err, excuse me?  Have I missed something here?  When did this occur?
> Sounds like Reagan was more of a show-off than I thought...

Doesn't sound likely.  Mostly because the SR-71's low-level performance
isn't likely to be much better than a number of other aircraft.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, there was quite a bit of low-level
recce flying going on, mostly with RF-101s.

Wouldn't be suprised if JFK OK'd doing something of the sort then, or
that such activity wasn't the germ behind the story.

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