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To: SkyDancer

Actually, it was Kennedy. He misnamed it the SR-71 and it HAD to become that. Before it was designated the RS-71, IIRC.

5 posted on 10/06/2016 7:41:36 AM PDT by Gaffer

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To: Gaffer

Lemay via Johnson? https://www.quora.com/Why-did-the-Blackbirds-codename-change-from-RS-71-to-SR-71

7 posted on 10/06/2016 7:43:47 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)

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To: Gaffer

Okay - just remembered something about it in an aviation book where it said Johnson announced it, oh well, can’t trust stuff you read on history all the time.

12 posted on 10/06/2016 7:49:20 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)

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