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From: mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st.
Keywords: SR71
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Date: 9 Mar 89 23:24:32 GMT
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In article <63@sppy00.UUCP> kco@sppy00.UUCP (Kevin ONeil) writes:
>In an IEEE newspaper a while ago there was mention of an unmanned version of
>the SR71.  Is that to be retired also?

As far as I know there was never an unmanned SR-71, but there were  
D-21 drones that were to fly on top of the A-12, but I don't know 
if this was ever done beyond the test stage. Two A-12's were converted
to carry the D-21; one crashed, the other is in storage.
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