Yeah, but if he was using external combustion transonic thrusters it's not
really a 301.
;-)

Thanks for the seriously cool info

"Mike Koerner" wrote in message
news:qdlZb.4339$4K3.1110@fed1read06...
Fred,

Henry Combs made 205 straight-out diamond distance flights (500 km or
more).
He made 499 straight-out cross country flights in all for a total of
122,609
statue miles (197,320 km)!

And yes, when he wasn't soaring across the southwestern United States in
his
301 Libelle, he worked at Lockheed. He was Deputy Project Manager on the
U-2
program, Head Structural Engineer on the SR-71, and later, Technical
Director of the "Skunk Works"!

Mike Koerner

"Libelle Driver" wrote in message
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I just finished reading "Skunk Works" about the development of the
stealth
bomber and the SR-71.

It mentions a Henry Combs as one of the structural engineers on the
SR-71.

Is he the same as the Henry Combs that has done all the numerous 500K
flights?

Thanks,
Fred