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SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:36 am
by sportsdad60
Old story I read long ago, here is the guy that actually did it, tell the story.
You need head phones to listen.
http://twistedsifter.com/videos/an-sr-7 ... eck-story/
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:53 am
by OhShoot!
Hilarious! Thanks!
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:50 am
by Alpine
That was funny, nice find.
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:28 am
by wilmermj
Awesome story and awesome jet. I have been fortunate to sit in the cockpit 2 separate times.
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:46 am
by sportsdad60
Cool cockpit isn't it? All analog.
I sit it in every year. And I've usually had a beer or 3. :)
(Hops and Props at the Museum of Flight every Feb)
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:35 pm
by MadPick
Awesome!! I've read the story, but that telling was phenomenal.
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:50 pm
by GeekWithGuns
Thanks SD very entertaining and brought a chuckle to my day. Fantastic storyteller and a testament to Cold War engineering.
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:12 pm
by golddigger14s
Bitch please, I be doin 2000 mph over ground bitches!
Re: SR-71 and LAX ATC tower-Speed check
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:19 pm
by sportsdad60
golddigger14s wrote:Bitch please, I be doin 2000 mph over ground bitches!
The only thing that would make that story greater is a space shuttle Astro calling in to LAX asking for a ground speed. "17,500 mph per hour GROUND speed sir!"