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ItsjustMe

(11,291 posts) Sat Nov 28, 2020, 07:33 PM Nov 2020

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LA Speed Check - SR-71 Blackbird (The King of Speed) [View all] ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP

Badass Technology requiring human interface. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #1

Actually, took the time to listen..... OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #3

it is not a female pilot, it is Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) Celerity Nov 2020 #8

Thanks, my bad...thought the narrator was the pilot. nt OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #9

Even more embarrassed. So much for audio intel. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #19

aww, its oki, no big deal at all Celerity Nov 2020 #22

I downloaded this really cool app that tells me when I reach peak stupid. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #24

Buzzing the tower Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #4

+1 Kaleva Nov 2020 #6

+2 Midnightwalk Nov 2020 #7

Great story! DEbluedude Nov 2020 #23

... orangecrush Nov 2020 #5

There's One At Wright-Patterson ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #10

I saw the SR-71 at the Castle Air Museum ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #12

That's not all Bob Munck Nov 2020 #16

Yes! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #31

"I'm thinking our interests are very similar." Bob Munck Nov 2020 #32

I Worked For A Couple Multinationals ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #35

The program was retired around 1990, R Merm Nov 2020 #25

Not So Fast! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #30

There is one at Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas Klaralven Nov 2020 #27

Excellent! littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #11

An amazing aircraft DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #13

At 85,000 feet, 2000 knots would be Mach 3.44 Klaralven Nov 2020 #28

Another Habu Story Bob Munck Nov 2020 #14

An Air Force vet used to hang out at local bar randr Nov 2020 #15

That's just a spaceship with wings. Codeine Nov 2020 #17

Slide rules and paper, Baby! Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #33

That never gets old. paleotn Nov 2020 #20

No human will pilot a recon/combat mission on such as beast. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #21

Sweet. BMW2020RT Nov 2020 #26

Bookmarking for revisiting in case I need a lift. littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #29