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I thought this could be a laid back, informative and even humorous thread where you post some ridiculous statistic/feat/record/legend about the SR-71. If one posted is false, feel free to respectfully correct it. This should be fun.
I'll start:
The SR-71 didn't have any defensive measures. If a Surface to Air Missile was fired at one, all the pilot had to do was climb and accelerate.
Ft Bliss! Back in 1975, we fired some Chaparrals at an SR-71. The Sidewinders gave up and locked onto the hot summer pavement right next to the MIM-72. Gave us quite a scare. Told an old girlfriend that worked at the roller rink some of us got to go up in the trainer at night and photograph all the back yards around El Paso!
Do they still do training classes there for enlisted just out of basic?
Drill Sargent Naputi. "You go down to Juarez, when you get back your thing will fall off!"
Oh yea, the soda machines in the barracks had beer in them .
Guess it's changed quite a lot since then
The REVELL Company based its model on an Air Force aerial photo to a highly classified Blackbird sitting in front of a hangar. They called the base and asked how big the concrete sections on the hardstands were. The base replied with an annoying 30 ft square. The model was dimensionally accurate to about 6 in. Thanks for the ground truth, guys.
When the SR71 was sent up a fuel plane would leave 1 and a half hours in advance of the aircraft. They did this due to the looseness of the titanium skin. At speed the skin heated up and filled in the leaks allowing the aircraft to maintain flight at high altitudes. It took minutes for the SR71 to reach the fuel plane, fill up, and take off.
I remember in March of 1997 they mentioned on the local news that an SR-71 flew over the Phoenix area at Mach 2 (its last flight) and a lot of people heard the effects of the sonic boom and they thought we were experiencing an earthquake. I didn't hear anything, but they reported it on the news the next morning.
Back in the early 1980s I was flying a cross country from Van Nuys to Vegas (I think) and I noticed eight white SR-71s parked at the Palmdale airport. White, not sure why.
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