now that is fast!!

[PSYKO PHOENIX]

this is an excerpt from a book called sled driver by Brian Shul, a SR-71 Blackbird pilot, i love the story, enjoy


One day, high above Arizona, we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the mortal airplanes below us. First, a Cessna pilot asked the air traffic controllers to check his ground speed. ‘Ninety knots,’ ATC replied. A twin Bonanza soon made the same request. ‘One-twenty on the ground,’ was the reply. To our surprise, a navy F-18 came over the radio with a ground speed check. I knew exactly what he was doing. Of course, he had a ground speed indicator in his cockpit, but he wanted to let all the bug-smashers in the valley know what real speed was. ‘Dusty 52, we show you at 620 on the ground,’ ATC responded.

The situation was too ripe. I heard the click of Walter’s mike button in the rear seat. In his most innocent voice, Walter startled the controller by asking for a ground speed check from 81,000 feet, clearly above controlled airspace. In a cool, professional voice, the controller replied, ‘Aspen 20, I show you at 1,982 knots on the ground.’ We did not hear another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast

[axemurderer101]

haha thats pretty funny

[Morton]

Ahhh sigh. The good old Blackbird. That cheeky bastard... I bet the F-18 pilot felt his pants shrink just a little

[greenfoam]

In the late 60s when my parents were dating they saw a squad of these fly over while at the drive in. At the time it was a UFO sighting that large numbers of people all over Victoria saw. It wasn't untill the late 80s or into the 90s that this was confirmed as a formation of Blackbirds flight testing. My Mum and Dad said there were just flames moving across the sky faster than any plane they knew about

[PSYKO PHOENIX]

In the late 60s when my parents were dating they saw a squad of these fly over while at the drive in. At the time it was a UFO sighting that large numbers of people all over Victoria saw. It wasn't untill the late 80s or into the 90s that this was confirmed as a formation of Blackbirds flight testing. My Mum and Dad said there were just flames moving across the sky faster than any plane they knew about

those lucky buggers! that would have been amazing to see!!!

i love the fact that its so blatently american, fastest thing in a strate line, but it takes 30 mins to turn 180 degrees hahahaha

yup morton id say the f18 was prety gutted, hahahaha, but then again he shouldent have been playing with cessnas lol