SR-71A #61-7980 (17980) (NASA 844)

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SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Head-on (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Head-on (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Front 3/4 View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Side View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Right Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Side View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Aft 3/4 View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Aft View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Aft 3/4 View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Side View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Side View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) Left Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) 3/4 View (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 Right Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 RSO Cockpit (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
SR-71A #61-7980 Top Fuselage (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 "No Step" Line (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 Left Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 Head-on (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 Left Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
SR-71A #61-7980 Under Left Nacelle (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) SR-71A #61-7980 Right Rudder (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)

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SR-71A #61-7980 (NASA 844) is on display inside the main gate at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, CA. SR-71A #61-7980 was one of the two aircraft handed over to NASA in 1990 for their high-speed research programs. Assembly of this aircraft began on 11 August 1966 and the rollout was on 16 May 1967. SR-71A #980 first flew on 25 September 1967 with Gilliland and Belgau. This aircraft last flew in October of 1999, the last flight of any SR-71.

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