October 15, 1992. The aircraft landed at Meigs Field, Chicago to be an exhibit for the Museum of Science and Industry. The crew was Captain B C Thomas, First Officer Bill Loewe, and Second Officer Greg Hammes.

From a British television documentary: The SR-71 aircraft arrives at RAF Greenham Common for the 1983 International Air Tattoo (IAT) in July 1983. The commentator was John Doyle.

A fully fueled SR-71 takes off from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, CA with a T-38 chase plane, October 1987, photographed by Mike Relja. The SR-71's airspeed at pullup was 390 knots (450 mph). SR-71 pilot B C Thomas, RSO J T Vida; T-38 crew: Tom Tilden, Phil Soucy. The SR-71 aircraft is #972 which now resides in The.... more