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packman

(16,296 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:22 AM Mar 2020

LA Speed check -

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LA Speed check - (Original Post) packman Mar 2020 OP

Habu FTW (NT) HuskyOffset Mar 2020 #1

Had to look that one up - thanks packman Mar 2020 #2

Lockheed Skunk Works... Kelley Johnson lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #3

I've never seen one in flight cab67 Mar 2020 #4

That's Brian Shul, the pilot on that mission. SeattleVet Mar 2020 #5

SR-71 is the most beautiful plane ever flown. marble falls Mar 2020 #6

That is sooooooooo cool! patphil Mar 2020 #7

This is one of my favorite flyer stories of any type. Nailzberg Mar 2020 #8

HuskyOffset

(889 posts)

1. Habu FTW (NT)

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:47 AM

Mar 2020

packman

(16,296 posts)

2. Had to look that one up - thanks

Reply to HuskyOffset (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:51 AM

Mar 2020

HABU - patch worn by Blackbird crew

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

3. Lockheed Skunk Works... Kelley Johnson

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:04 PM

Mar 2020

SR-71 Blackbird... first flight 22 Dec 1964...

I remember being a kid in Tucson and watching them fly overhead... almost unreal.

Crazy to think that it has been 55 years since the first one flew.

cab67

(2,993 posts)

4. I've never seen one in flight

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:37 PM

Mar 2020

but I've seen them on the ground. They're a lot smaller than you would think given their performance.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)

5. That's Brian Shul, the pilot on that mission.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:08 PM

Mar 2020

If you ever get a chance to hear him speak, jump at it. He's had an absolutely amazing life and career.

After a bad crash he was told he'd never fly again, but he overcame a lot of major obstacles and became one of the most elite-of-the-elite pilots in the Air Force. Super friendly and has a wonderful sense of humor.