THE VIDEO SHELF · sr-71 blackbird stories
Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird 'Speed Check'
Retired Major Brian Shul tells the story of a ground speed check with LA Center while flying the SR-71 Blackbird. He recounts it live at the Hiller Aviation Museum.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared as the pilot's own telling of a famous, amusing SR-71 anecdote that never gets old.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jan Johnson
- Topic
- sr-71 blackbird stories
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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Awesome. This story never gets old. I just found this recent video of it as well: [VIDEO] EDIT: Speeds mentioned in vid are 100 knots higher in the video than GP's link (1942 vs 1842)?
sundvor on Hacker News · 2018-01
In When volcanic ash stopped a Jumbo at 37000 feet (2010)If you haven't heard the "SR-71 Speed Check" story, it's pretty amusing. As told by the pilot: [VIDEO]
linsomniac on Hacker News · 2019-03
In The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile Fired at It
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