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SR 71 pilot Brian Shul (LA Speed Story) has died.
Habubrats SR-71 ^
| 5/21/2023
| Linda Sheffield
Posted on 05/21/2023 6:29:11 PM PDT by CtBigPat
SR 71 pilot Brian Shul suddenly died last night in Reno, Nevada, at age 75, of a cardiac arrest.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aviation; blackbird; brianshul; godsgravesglyphs; laspeedstory; nevada; reno; shul; sleddriver; sr71
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SR 71 pilot Brian Shul suddenly died last night in Reno, Nevada, at age 75, of a cardiac arrest. He is well known for his story speed check. He was a courageous man who fought his way back from a debilitating plane crash in 1973, His goal was to fly the SR 71, and he achieved his goal. Brian died doing what he enjoyed the most, talking about the SR 71. He was last night's keynote speaker at the Nevada military support alliance annual gala. After his speech, he keeled over, and doctors in the house performed emergency CPR to no avail. Prayers for his family🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸 and his many Friends.
LA SPEED STORY - SR-71 Pilot Brian Shul USAF (Ret.)
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:29:11 PM PDT
by
CtBigPat
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To: LucyT
Ping. If you can see this.
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:40:06 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: CtBigPat; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
Prayers done for the Family.
SR-71 (((PING)))
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:40:59 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:41:11 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:42:31 PM PDT
by
JJBookman
(Democrats = Party of mass genocide)
To: CtBigPat
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:46:43 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: CtBigPat
Friend of mine was the RSO on the Blackbird. Just emailed him to see if he ever flew with this guy.
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:47:27 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: CtBigPat
Author of a great aviation book, Sled Driver. RIP.
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:47:37 PM PDT
by
lodi90
To: CtBigPat
Wow, great motivational story. RIP.
But I did wonder why he retired as only a Major, I would guess some of his antics as a 12 year old caught up with him.
To: CtBigPat
There was a video he did for military medical in-processing
Brilliant
He went down in south Viet Nam burned terribly
Much time and effort recovering
Medically retired as major I imagine.
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posted on
05/21/2023 6:58:12 PM PDT
by
stanne
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:02:01 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Sarcasm )
To: stanne
According to Wiki, he retired at 20 years, not likely a medical. He retired in 1990, a year after the Blackbird was retired.
Not sure why he didn’t make Colonel ... Seems like he’d have been a prime candidate for that.
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:08:02 PM PDT
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NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: CtBigPat
One of tbe best pilot stories ever.
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:08:39 PM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:19:12 PM PDT
by
linMcHlp
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You’re welcome. Sad to post it.
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:24:42 PM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(There are people in this world who would kill you for a dollar, and the worst wear business suites. )
To: CtBigPat
As a young Airman second class, I worked on the SR-71 as an electronics technician at Beale AFB. (This was in the 60s, before Shul's time in the AC, and before the airplane was referred to as the "Blackbird".)
His story of not giving up and of overcoming astonishing adversities is one that should be told to every young American.
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:34:33 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
To: CtBigPat
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posted on
05/21/2023 7:39:49 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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