Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RedDg on February 23, 2006, 06:05:08 PM
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In his book, Sled Driver, SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my back-seater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope.
I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its ground speed."90 knots" Center replied. Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same. "120 knots," Center answered. We weren't the only ones proud of our ground speed that day as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, "Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests ground speed readout." There was a slight pause, then the response, "525 knots on the ground, Dusty." Another silent pause.
As I was thinking to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming from my back-seater. It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison. "Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?" There was a longer than normal pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots"(That's about 2004.658 mph for those who don't know)
No further inquiries were heard on that frequency.
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In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles center reported receiving a request for clearance to FL 600 (60,000 ft.) The incredulous controller, with some disdain in his voice asked, “How do you plan to get up to 60,000 feet?"
The pilot (obviously a sled driver) responded, “We don’t plan to go up to it; we plan to go down to it.” He was cleared.
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:lol
(That's about 2004.658 mph for those who don't know)
about?? seems pretty darn exact to me.
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Thats goood stuff :)
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
:lol
(That's about 2004.658 mph for those who don't know)
= mach 2.633 525 265
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I looked into getting the book Slead Driver by Shul a few years ago and it was 200 bucks.. Now the guy wants 400 for a limited ed. copy man.. I've paid for some nice books but 400 is rough to manage..
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Originally posted by whels
Originally posted by B@tfinkV
:lol
(That's about 2004.658 mph for those who don't know)
= mach 2.633 525 265
That is at sea level. At about 45,000 feet it is just over Mach 3.
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lol sick
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
That is at sea level. At about 45,000 feet it is just over Mach 3.
With all the plugs in too!!!
:aok
Mac
GRNN NN NNNN
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fiberoptics are faster
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Originally posted by Nilsen
fiberoptics are faster
and Lutefisk thru the digestive tract....
:O
*edited for corrective spelling of Lutefish......*
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lutefisk
:p
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Great!
I used to watch them fly out of RAF Mildenhall when I would go TDY there in the early 80's. Once in the stars and strips book store I found a HABU patch on the floor that fell of of some drivers flight suit. Some day I hope to find it again.
Phaser
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I had ATC telling me, while cruising at 10K :
"Warning, trafic alert ... passing overhead at 300,000 feet." :confused:
It was the space shuttle RTB.:)