Snapshots from Beer-Tasting at Museum of Flight

[darin]

:)

Last night I went to "Hops and Props" - it's an annual beer-tasting (unlimited samples of beer, free food (brats, meatballs, fish-n-chips, and girly fruits and veggies, etc) at the Seattle Museum of Flight. I didn't bring a 'good' camera, as this was my first time at the event, and wasn't sure about whatever security may be in place. These were taken with my phone.


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View from the balcony overlooking the main tasting area - there was another with 8-10 brewers on the other side of the building.

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Where I ate - under the nose of a SR71

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[stephanie]

:rock:

[Abbey Marie]

:beer: That looks like fun!

[Sitarro]

Something interesting about what you saw there D. is the M/D-21, the single survivor of the program. Although it looks like an SR-71 it was heavily modified to carry and launch the D-21 drone.....

this is what wiki says about it.

One notable variant of the basic A-12 design was the M-21. This was an A-12 platform modified by replacing the single seat aircraft's Q bay (which carried its main camera) with a second cockpit for a launch control officer. The M-21 was used to carry and launch the D-21 drone, an unmanned, faster and higher flying reconnaissance device. This variant was known as the M/D-21 when mated to the drone for operations. The D-21 drone was completely autonomous; having been launched it would overfly the target, travel to a rendezvous point and eject its data package. The package would be recovered in midair by a C-130 Hercules and the drone would self-destruct.
The program to develop this system was canceled in 1966 after a drone collided with the mother ship at launch, destroying the M-21 and killing the Launch Control Officer. Three successful test flights had been conducted under a different flight regime; the fourth test was in level flight, considered an operational likelihood. The shock wave of the M-21 retarded the flight of the drone, which crashed into the tailplane. The crew survived the mid-air collision but the LCO drowned when he landed in the ocean and his flight suit filled with water.
The surviving M-21 is on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington with a drone. The D-21 was adapted to be carried on wings of the B-52 bomber.

Nice shots, amazing how far camera phones have come, I can't wait for the camera implant that uses through the eyes technology. Use Binoculars for the telephoto lens and a magnifying glass for a macro.:thumb: