I helped design electronic diagnostic test systems for the Blackbird, back in the day. Our company gave out these pretty cool Blackbird kites to the team working on the project. They were the best kites. I lost mine after many flights, as the string got to the end of the spool and snapped and the kite just kept flying out over the ocean until it was out of sight.
—”I helped design electronic diagnostic test systems for the Blackbird”
THAT IS SOME COOL STUFF!
I have been around some interesting projects, nothing as cool as a SR_71 and have been retired for many years; clearances and NDAs, long expired, and still hard to talk about in public.
NSA Project Tempest was one; even the name was classified!
Today the internet tells all about it.
The building’s ownership has changed, but it was hiding in plain sight, adjacent to a public lobby, and could still be in use?
Another fun one was the Chicago ATT Long Lines Building... the building without any windows for the first eight (?) floors.
Most people who worked in the area never noticed the lack of windows?
Today there are websites that map and discuss the windowless AT&T buildings around the country.
https://www.businessinsider.com/att-buildings-around-us-reportedly-used-as-part-of-nsa-spying-2018-6