SR-71 Blackbird article

[EtherealN]

Very nice article about the SR-71 Blackbird by Major Brian Shul:

 

http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird

 

My personal favourite is the retelling of a few aircraft asking ATC for ground speed checks. :D

[SuperKungFu]

Thanks for sharing! I love the Blackbird. I actually met Major Brian Shul last year...damn I wish I brought my blackbird models for him to sign. I own 3 of these huge metal (and expensive) models as shown here:

[Boulund]

Nice read and sweet models SuperKungFu!

 

I'm real proud to have sitten in a SR-71 cockpit standing next to a real M-21 Blackbird at Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. It felt awesome and everytime I read something like this article my mind wanders away =D

[jpm1]

dream in bar as only the US can do . loved the sentence "old- time pilots who not only fly an airplane but feel it" . the book seems nice buy 427$ is a bit expensive for me maybe someday

[HungaroJET]

My personal favourite is the retelling of a few aircraft asking ATC for ground speed checks. :D

 

LOL :megalol: Funny story :pilotfly::thumbup:

[SAM77]

Thanks for sharing.... Great pics of that engine

 

Mach 3.5 :P

 

The passage when he describes what its like with no lights on in cockpit is dream like......:)

 

I prefer the A12 because theres no backseat :)

[CE_Mikemonster]

Can't rep you but thanks for sharing mate.

[SAM77]

Found this in case anyone wants some info on the Project Oxcart A12 Archangel program

 

http://www.foia.cia.gov/a12oxcart.asp

Edited April 16, 2010 by SAM77

[59th_LeFty]

An extraordinary share, thank you!

 

I wonder what would be the story of those sitting in an EWR post, and those who have shot that 4000 missiles :) Maybe some day their story will be also revealed!

[Maximus_G]

Not sure if it wasn`t exactly sams that accomplished that, cause AFAIK SR-71 didn`t have so many flights over russian territory (more info needed though), maybe AF took a lesson from the U-2`s fate ;)

There is still NO public evidence of SR-71 EVER flying above the Soviet territory. But there are numerous mentions of their typical tactics of flying along the border and occasionally crossing the borderline a bit, provoking the defence system to react and bring up all the radars, communications etc. As a Mig-31 pilot (who actually did fly on those intercepts) said, they did that, but they plotted their course in such a way so their pieces would never fall on land to the inner side of the border.

[mikoyan]

There is still NO public evidence of SR-71 EVER flying above the Soviet territory. But there are numerous mentions of their typical tactics of flying along the border and occasionally crossing the borderline a bit, provoking the defence system to react and bring up all the radars, communications etc. As a Mig-31 pilot (who actually did fly on those intercepts) said, they did that, but they plotted their course in such a way so their pieces would never fall on land to the inner side of the border.

 

can an s-300 bring down an sr-71?

[Maximus_G]

can an s-300 bring down an sr-71?

Any weapon can bring down any plane )

I haven't seen any data on their Pk's on such a target.

[SFJackBauer]

Variants of S-300 can destroy ballistic missiles, so I dont think a SR-71 could dodge / avoid them once entering its killzone. Thats why we have satellites.

 

More info - http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Grumble-Gargoyle.html

[Fahhh]

Great read. I've been in love with the blackbird for years now... I hope I'll have the opportunity one day to go to the USA and see it in a museum at least :)

[mvsgas]

Flight manuals , photos, and more cool stuff.

http://www.sr-71.org/

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

I've definitely heard the speed check story before, hard to mention the Blackbird without that story!

[EtherealN]

Yeah Hitch - it was first mentioned in a book by the same author.

 

Also, people need to stop thinking that ausairpower.net is authoritative about anything. It's a "thinktank" funded by gaming adverts... ;)

[wiltzu]

http://omegataupodcast.net/2012/03/91-flying-the-sr-71/

 

Interesting podcast.

[Yurgon]

http://omegataupodcast.net/2012/03/91-flying-the-sr-71/

 

Interesting podcast.

 

Wow, great story in the first post, I'd totally missed this.

 

Currently listening to the podcast, sounds interesting as well!

 

Edit: Damn, that podcast is fascinating!

Edited February 10, 2013 by Yurgon

[marcos]

can an s-300 bring down an sr-71?

An S-200 can bring it down.

[Groove]

Try to get your hands on that book. It will answer all your questions :)

 

It includes MiG-31 interception tables etc.

[cichlidfan]

Try to get your hands on that book. It will answer all your questions :)

 

It includes MiG-31 interception tables etc.

 

Agreed. I have a copy and it covers pretty much everything plus some.