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PHOTOSHOOT AT THE EDGE OF SPACE : THE BEGINNING By @blair.bunting https://blog.blairbunting.com/space/ …”The phone call I had with the base was serendipitous, as the person I was talking with had seen the Thunderbirds video from a few months prior and was excited to set something up. She told me she could arrange for a pilot to gear up in a spacesuit for a photoshoot, and then asked if I wanted to photograph the SR-71 Blackbird while I was there. Now, for those who don’t know what the SR-71 is, please take a moment to Google it; I’ll wait.” “Like the U-2, the SR-71 was a spy plane and is still one of (if not the most) beautiful planes ever made. It was also one of the fastest planes to be flown and reached speed and altitude so extreme that it grew over a foot in size during flight. However, due to the amount of cost to fly, it was eventually retired. Being that Beale AFB was also its home base, I was able to photograph one they had on site. It was easy to make it look beautiful as the form-following-function aspect was very dynamic in any light. I released the images I created of the SR, but we held off on showing the U-2 pieces as that trip also began conversations about gauging my interest in flying in it.” … to be continued 📷: © Blair Bunting #SR71Blackbird #SR71 #A12 #LockheedMartin #SkunkWorks #AVporn #AVgeek #crew #cockpit #Spy #U2 #U2DragonLady #Spies #photoshoot #EdgeofSpace #DreamlandLasVegas #EdwardsAFb #Supersonic #HABU #HighAltitude #Mach3_plus