Re: Recent NTTR scanner audio


Message posted by Gregos on June 12, 2011 at 7:57:07 PST:

Habu is actually the Japanese name for a venomous pit viper indigenous to Okinawa Island. In Ben Rich's book "Skunkworks," he says when the locals near Kadena AFB saw the SR-71 they named it "Habu" after the snake.

The Habu patch is still one of my favorites. What a cool logo.

Attached link: Okinawa Habu

In Reply to: Re: Recent NTTR scanner audio posted by RickB on June 11, 2011 at 12:02:39 PST:

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