JimNot@home.com wrote in news:DUq9w.99050$ZT5.47070@fx07.iad:
> Thank you very much for the picture. It means a great deal to me. I
> recognized the aircraft as the RF-101C on display at the Air Force
> Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Fairborn, OH.
> My father worked on the development of the RF-101 in the AF Avionics
> and accomplishments over Cuba and in SE Asia. He spent a lot of time
> keeping me out of the ejection seat when I was about 5 years old! He
> was an old cold warrior who left us last spring. He is remembered in
> the Avionics Laboratory the Wall of Fame for his contributions to
> aerial and space based reconnaissance.
> Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.
I have a soft spot for airplanes built
in that era, when jets were a new technology,
when struggles with materials and supersonic
speeds tested everyone's imagination and when
planes were designed by people, not computers.
Perhaps that is a byproduct of growing up
in the 1850's for which I am always glad. A
most interesting time.
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