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From: h16@homxc.ATT.COM (D.JACOBOWITZ)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st.
Keywords: SR71
Message-ID: <5985@homxc.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 89 16:12:47 GMT
References: <524@gonzo.UUCP> <1475@petsd.UUCP> <13987@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <310@carroll1.UUCP>
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In article <310@carroll1.UUCP>, dtroup@carroll1.UUCP (Dave Troup) writes:
> 	The D-21 drones were quite the neat little unit. The one that wiped out
> 	a Blackbird was launched, and didnt clear the shock cone. Dove back
> 	into the 71 and when the 71 pitched node positive, it broke in half.
> 	
> 	I'll have to check, but Im sure the pilot survived and the
> 	'observer/weapons/intelligence' officer died either when the drone
> 	crushed his cockpit or during the breakup...

Both the pilot and RSO survived ejection, but the RSO
drowned in the water before he could be recovered.
The accident put an end to the D-21 program,
no other tests were ever done.
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Dave J.
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