The Evergreen Museum’s Father’s Day Weekend SR-71 Symposium is Back!

Join us for this biannual Evergreen Museum Special Event.

Guests will have a rare opportunity to peek in the SR-71 cockpit and meet the World’s Fastest Pilots:

• Ed Yeilding: Record for Flight Time from L.A. to D.C. (64 min 20 sec)
• Al Joersz – World Airspeed Record Holder (2,193.167 MPH)
• B.C. Thomas – Most SR-71 flight hours

Get to Know the SR-71 Symposium Blackbird Crew before the event.

Throughout the day, guests can attend presentations on different aspects of the famed Lockheed Skunkworks spy plane, with Speaker Panels made up of SR-71 pilots, RSO’s, maintenance and support personnel!

June 14th & 15th 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Sessions to be held in our West Pavilion (formerly known as the Space Museum). 

The SR-71 Symposium Scheduled Sessions (Subject to Change):

SATURDAY 6/14

• 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: 6 Person Panel Discussion #1 – Moderated by Al Joersz (World Airspeed Record)

• 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM: 360 Deg. Cockpit Presentation – Moderated by Jerry Glasser & John Manzi

• 2:30 PM  – 4:00 PM:  6 Person Panel Discussion #2 – Moderated by Buz Carpenter – SR-71 Pilot

SUNDAY 6/15

• 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: 360 Propulsion Presentation Featuring Jerry Glasser & Arnie Gunderson
  Held in Galaxy Theater (Space Museum)
• 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Panel Discussion #3 Moderated by Bill Burke
• 3:00PM – 4:30 PM: Walk-Around tours and peeks into the SR-71 Cockpit

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