[ko_kyi]

I loved the old joke about the Blackbird calling some ATC and requesting FL600. The ATC advised them cleared to climb to FL600. The pilot replied "descending to FL600."

[ThomasPaine2000]

1. They way I heard it(in the 60's) was, It was a U-2 over Alaska and the ATC was Christmas Island in the Pacific.
2. I also saw the program, what interested me was the Lockheed D-21 drone that the SR-71 launched on recon missions over China. This was new..

[advance_copy]

I loved the old joke about the Blackbird calling some ATC and requesting FL600. The ATC advised them cleared to climb to FL600. The pilot replied "descending to FL600."

Holy cow, that is a long way up.