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Monday, October 7, 2019
Speed check
This is an old story - I posted it ten years or so ago - but I hadn't known that the pilot of the SR-71 that requested a speed check from Air Traffic Control told this story. He's really funny.
A college buddy of mine was a navigator on tankers for the SR-71. On one mission, his pilot asked the sled driver to state his altitude. The reply "uh...I can't. It's classified." "Well then, give me your altitude when you can." Minutes later, "Now descending through 100,000." Many of that planes numbers are STILL under wraps. I watched one take off and land at Beale. The only louder noise I've ever heard was Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Brian Shul is a very funny guy. We were IPs together at Holloman. His story is very interesting. It's worth the viewing.
ReplyDeleteYes, what a great story. Brian Shul has a inspirational life story as well.
ReplyDeleteHis book "Sled Driver" is a fantastic book as are his others.
A college buddy of mine was a navigator on tankers for the SR-71. On one mission, his pilot asked the sled driver to state his altitude. The reply "uh...I can't. It's classified." "Well then, give me your altitude when you can." Minutes later, "Now descending through 100,000." Many of that planes numbers are STILL under wraps.
ReplyDeleteI watched one take off and land at Beale. The only louder noise I've ever heard was Bachman Turner Overdrive.