So you want to move a spy plane that is 10 feet wider than the room you are putting it in? Well here is how it was done! First flying in 1964, the iconic, supersonic stealth plane hit 2,193.2 mph (Mach 3.3) in 1976, and it remains the world’s fastest and highest flying production aircraft.
Now the 107-foot aircraft has been involved in a much more stately journey however, from the Virginia Aviation Museum to the Science Museum of Virginia on the other side of the town of Richmond.
Weighing in at 19.5 tonnes (43,000 pounds) with a wingspan of 55 feet, the Blackbird fits snugly inside the Museum’s main concourse, where it’s featured as the key artifact for its Speed exhibition.
This time-lapse shows the whole process from getting the room ready to seeing the plane go down I-64.
