[DFG]

Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird pilot ‘Speed Check’ story

https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-speed-check-story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyHH9G9et0

His REO asked Los Angeles Center for a ground speed check after a Navy F-18 pilot asked for his ground speed. Time for the Air Force to smack the Navy. F-18 ground speed was 620 knots. Los Angeles Center response to the SR-71 speed check request: “Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground.”

[sasquatch]

rewatching before you posted. Wonderful.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

If you didn’t know he passed 2 years ago:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4154915/posts

[telescope115]

I love that story!

[al baby]

I watch ie listen to that about once a month frickin love it

[Ditto]

Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground.

And the space shuttle flew at over 5 miles a second while Apollo 8, 10 , 11, 12 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 flew at over 24,000 mph. Now that is fast. The SR-71 was a slow poke compared to them.

[ro_dreaming]

I actually have his book, “Sled Driver”, in PDF form.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ngoczvq7bk3dmbfua2f7o/Sled-Driver-Shul.pdf?rlkey=8nsd44c7hz57s6wxr6gwsuoz5&st=p1x31qli&dl=0

[ridesthemiles]

IIRC-—THERE IS A SIMILAR STORY-—

PILOT CALLS LA & ASKED FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND

TRAFFIC CONTROL ASKS WHERE HE IS-—NOT ON RADAR-—

PILOT SAYS-— COMING OVER KANSAS...BE THERE VERY SHORTLY—

HE WAS.

[minnesota_bound]

1,842 knots = 2119.7 mph