Hey Geeks! Here you can read all SR-71 Top Speed stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
“‘Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?’ There was a longer than normal pause … ‘Aspen,… Read More
‘The next pass was different. I said to Jim that our F-15 jockeys are the best in the world, let’s… Read More
The SR-71 Blackbird was the first aircraft to use its own fuel for hydraulic fluid. It was called the fuel… Read More
‘The SR-71 could attain Mach 3.5, but the aircraft would be in an untested and prohibited area outside of its… Read More
‘I watched in amazement as the Vc circle [on the radar display] which told us the relative closing velocity of… Read More
A-12 pilot Jim Eastham dropped the nose down a bit to see if he could at least reach Mach 3.0.… Read More
The backseater later indicated slow speed of 155 knots, pilot saw 152 knots or 175 mph. The SR-71 at that… Read More
‘At some point in the evening, the F-111 guys began to press me, in a good-natured way, for classified information… Read More
Today there are many rumors about just how fast the SR-71 could go. The speed limit for the Blackbird ironically… Read More
‘Try that in any aircraft other than the SR-71. Besides this is actually a true story,’ David Peters, SR-71 Blackbird… Read More
