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The Libya story is here: http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/11/19/sr-71-now-that-was-some-airplane/ http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/11/19/sr-71-now-that-was-s.
by mapgrep 16y ago
The Libya story is here: http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/11/19/sr-71-now-that-was-some-airplane/ http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/11/19/sr-71-now-that-was-s...
I love that he accidentally overshoots the refueling in Gibraltar -- and ends up next to Sicily.
The more detailed Libya stuff is at the end, though he summarizes it in the beginning.
- jonah 16y agoOne of my favorite quotes: "On a typical training mission, we would take off near Sacramento, refuel over Nevada, accelerate into Montana, obtain high Mach over Colorado, turn right over New Mexico, speed across the Los Angeles Basin, run up the West Coast, turn right at Seattle, then return to Beale. Total flight time: two hours and 40 minutes." Puts the speed in such great perspective.