SR-71 Blackbird - Mach 10 Beauty


	SR-71 Blackbird - Mach 10 Beauty

RecordSage

10-19-2006 2:44 PM

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sr-71, blackbird, military, airplane, mach 10, fast, plane, amazing

RecordSage says:

Wow!

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10-19-2006 8:47 PM

ech0_dancer

alien technology at some of it's very finest !

10-20-2006 12:55 AM

RecordSage

You mean some illegal alien was in charge of this program?

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