I believe Maj. Shul made that landing as well. I recall his telling attendees of one of his talks in Carson City (during the Reno Air Races) of a forced stop-over in Colorado Springs as a result of a mid-flight equipment failure on their SR-71. They had come up out of Beale, fueled over Nevada and then discovered a problem. First runway where they could put down was Colo. Springs, as the SR-71 takes a whole lot of room to come down from altitude.
Maj. Shul said that the Colo. Springs AFB laid out the red carpet for them - so much so that they had to request on the ground frequency that folks stop offering any and all help and just tell them a) where to park and b) to get a security detail up around the bird.
They were so blown away by the reception they got from the USAF personnel and townspeople of Colorado Springs that they decided to give folks a nice fly-by on the way out... “just to make sure everything was working OK before going up to altitude...”
Well, since we didn't have a active air wing at the base (other than ANG C-130's) all we got were transients so it was quite a treat for us to have such a unique bird on the ground.
As an aside, I was always amazed at the things fighter pilots flew around with. You have no idea how many broken F-16's, F-4's, F-111's and such would end up breaking down in our vicinity and, as luck would have it, the pilot would have skis on board!
If true, then that is soooooooo cool and I really feel priveleged to have seen it, although by accident.