This is a good story

[IndyTim]

http://controversialtimes.com/funny/classic-military-sr-71-blackbird-pilots-troll-navy-pilot-and-civilian-aircraft-with-ground-speed-check/

[1964-M20E]

I have seen this before cute.  However, it would be nice if the site didn't have all those pop up ads I didn't bother reading it and bailed out quick.

[peevee]

Here's the thing...

sr71's would have been on a center wide TAC UHF freq, they couldn't change freqs fast enough to hop sector to sector. You would have to change frequencies every 2-30 seconds, it's not possible. Most fighters also use UHF and not the usual VHF freqs.... so the likelihood of all these folks being on the same freq at the same time is about zero.... He sort of describes the TAC freq early in the story when he mentions "we wouldn't talk to them unless we needed to descend into their airspace..." Normally it's monitored by everyone and the aircraft would just be handed from sector to sector and whoever had him when he needed something would respond.

But it's baffling because the story comes from Brian Shul's book Sled Driver and he's a well known and respected 71 pilot.

FWIW you can find sled driver in the library sometimes, there's one copy in my state so my local library ordered it in from across the state for me to check out, pretty neat and didn't cost me $700.

[M20F]

Some interesting SR-71 stuff

https://m.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2k06jn/iama_former_sr71_pilot_and_squadron_commander_ama

https://m.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3tktsm/iama_former_sr71_pilot_and_wing_commander_ama_pt2/

[Hank]

More magic here. Several tales in one thread.

http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?32093-SR-71-Blackbird-Brian-Shul-s-memoir

[Seth]

Another one pasted somewhere on here before - but a good fun read!

 

"What was the slowesT you ever flew in the Blackbird?"

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-was-the-slowest-you-ever-flew-in-the-blackbird-1501361885

[Mooneymite]

Maintaining a superior attribute is tough.

Just 1900 KTS for a Blackbird?

Q. How fast does a Space Shuttle travel? What is its altitude? How much fuel does it use?

A. Like any other object in low Earth orbit, a Shuttle must reach speeds of about 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour) to remain in orbit. The exact speed depends on the Shuttles orbital altitude, which normally ranges from 190 miles to 330 miles (304 kilometers to 528 kilometers) above sea level, depending on its mission. Each of the two solid rocket boosters on the Shuttle carries more than one million pounds of solid propellant. The Shuttles large external tank is loaded with more than 500,000 gallons of supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, which are mixed and burned together to form the fuel for the Shuttles three main rocket engines.