Postcard of SR-71 Blackbird
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Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: c. 2003
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 09-171, Box 1, Folder: Udvar-Hazy Center Postcards
Color postcard of the SR-71 Blackbird landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in 1990. The plane is housed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia. The postcard has basic information about the plane. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a pre-printed note: "Dear _____, The Blackbird is the fastest airplane in the world! It even looks FAST! What I think is so great about the Blackbird is... [blank space] You have got to come see it!"
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Photographer of original image of the plane is Jeff Tinsley.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 09-171, Box 1, Folder: Udvar-Hazy Center Postcards
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 2003
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SIA2013-07785 (front) and SIA2013-07786 (back)
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 4w x 5.25h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper