The Thrill of Flying the SR-71 Blackbird

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

A pilot's memories of flying the Blackbird - well worth a few minutes of your time!

 

I was very fortunate to be at the Seattle museum of flight on a day when Brian Shul, the author of the linked piece, was giving a lecture, relating many of the anecdotes written there. He seemed a pretty interesting guy.

I was also fortunate enough to see a real SR71 at an air show once.

 

Me too, at Mildenhall in the mid 1980s, absolutely awesome. I'll never forget it. At one point they flew it at low-level along the display line on one engine.