Living and flying in the Antelope Valley

[Waiex 49]

I worked at AF Plant 42 in the mid 80's with North American Rockwell on the B-1 project.
I was in a building next to a ramp where an SR-71 was doing an engine run up.
Loudest thing I ever heard! I thought the building was going to come off its foundation! We all had our hands over our ears and big grins on our faces!
The Antelope Valley is a very cool place indeed!

[Sonerai13]

I was driving to work at Palmdale in the late 90's and saw the SR71 in the pattern. Everyone on the road just pulled over and got out to look. That was an amazing airplane to see. I wonder if that was when you saw it?

The date of my flight was December 13th, 1996. We arrived at Fox Field late in the afternoon, probably around 4 PM or so. We stopped for fuel before continuing on to Bullhead City, AZ for the overnight stop.

Seeing that plane in the air was pretty cool!