
Some years back we had the good fortune to obtain an Aerial
camera lens, of a type that was used in several US spy planes such as the U-2 and
SR-71. It was snatched up rather quickly
by a private collector that would neither confirm nor deny that he'd recognized
the serial number as that of one belonging to a particular reconnaissance
aircraft he was attached to during the Cold War... With a front lens diameter of approximately
12 inches, maybe its 2nd life will be part of a camera, telescope, museum display
or perhaps, it will assume the form of
the ultimate ant burner?