Ad6d  Westlands Helicopters  Reflown SR71 Signed Pilot H B Adams & W Machorek

4 Sept 74 BFPS 1479 Westlands Helicopters  Black flown Cachet Flown in the Flying display by the Westland Helicopter display team at Farnborough International 74. Also with Special  added Re - Flown red cachet flown on 12 September 1974 in Lockheed SR71 Blackbird Tail no 17972 of the USAF from Mildenhall Suffolk to Beale AFB California whilst establishing the  World Speed Record from London to Los Angeles in USAF SR71 Blackbird.

Personally Signed by SR 71 Crew  Capt H Buck Adams pilot & Major William Machorek (Systems operator. )

Captain Adams flew in the SR-71 program for four years and accumulated about 350 to 400 hours in the Black­bird. He also piloted B-52 bombers during the Vietnam War, logging 137 combat missions over Southeast Asia between the two aircraft.

In 1974 he set a world speed record in the SR-71 Blackbird, flying from London to Los Angeles in 3 hours and 47 minutes. The record still stands

 Certified Copy no 103  of 292 Signed by C C Le Cornu Squadron leader Project Officer.                     

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