AFA Gabriel Chapter Notification - Cold War Museum Presentation

When

Sunday, January 26, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
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Where

Old Bust Head Brewing Company
7134 Farm Station Road
Warrenton, VA 20187

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Contact

Mike Winters
AFA Gabriel Chapter #433
703-409-7474
va433.gabriel@afa.org

Air Force Association

Gabriel Chapter #433
Notification

Cold War Museum Presentation

Buz Carpenter, Colonel, USAF (Ret)

"Faster Than a Speeding Bullet:
Flying the SR-71 Blackbird"

& Cold War Museum Tour

January 26, 2020

The AFA Gabriel Chapter wants to let you know about a presentation at our AFA Community Partner, the Cold War Museum. The guest speaker is noted SR-71 pilot Colonel Buz Carpenter (USAF, Ret), who will speak about flying the SR-71 Blackbird.

Buz will present, using his slides, on the SR-71 Blackbird and its capabilities, then take questions from the audience. The CIA's A-12, and it's Air Force version the SR-71 Blackbird, were designed to be secret image intelligence (IMINT) platforms that would fly higher and faster than any countermeasures (aircraft or missiles) that the Soviets or other Cold War entities could put up agains them. They fulfilled that mission.

The SR-71 was also the fastest and highest-flying air-breathing, piloted aircraft ever built, flying at 90,000 ft (20,000 feet above the U-2) and at more than 2,100 mph--literally faster than a speeding bullet, as in Los Angeles to DC in 64 minutes. Like the U-2, it was one of the most difficult aircraft in the world to fly.

Col Carpenter (Ret) flew the SR-71 worldwide as an aircraft commander and later instructor pilot with over 65+ operational missions accruing 777 hours.

To Register for this event, and obtain more information: To Register--Flying the SR-71 Blackbird

The museum has requested that AFA members SIGN UP for tickets IN ADVANCE, so that the museum can plan for the number of attendees with Old Bust Head.

The timeline is:

* 1330-1400 - Participants arrive; they may get their beer or other drink at this time.

* 1400-1410 - Jason Hall, Executive Director of the Cold War Museum, introduces the Museum, then Buz Carpenter.

* 1410 -1530 - Buz presents on Flying the SR-71 Blackbird.

* 1530-1600 - Q&A opportunity for the audience.

* 1600-1700 - The Museum (next door) will be open for event participants, with staff providing a tour for those interested. (Film shot from an SR-71 is on exhibit; there are very few rolls of such film that are not still classified.)

The cost is $35, including the presentation; a $7 coupon toward a craft beer draft, Kombucha, or other drink; a $10 contribution to the Cold War Museum; and special access to the Museum (next door) for the events participants following the presentation. Tickets at the door, if available, will be $45.

For the kids, the appropriate drinks will be available.

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