Mike Dell’s World #94 – The Blackbird – Mike Dell's World

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Mike

A friend of mine sent me a cool email from an SR-71 Blackbird pilot.

I read the story for this podcast.

Enjoy!

-Mike

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