I show 1,742 knots" "No further inquiries were heard on that frequency" In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles Center reported receiving a request for clearance to FL 60 (60,000ft). The ...

I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing! (Sign over the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan). You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F.

Despite these results, when the Blackbird pilots dropped the rules, no fighter could match the SR-71’s Mach 3+ speeds and ...

The trainer model was taken apart too, which meant that it would not be possible for new pilots and crews to be schooled in the intricacies of flying and maintaining the SR-71. Final retirement ...

Ms. Miller quotes a passage from Buddy Brown's book, titled Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir, “The first leg of the first flight of the SR-71 ...