“The fine art of pulling the throttle ever so slightly up and just into the minimum burner range was handed down…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Cool Video (with Audio) Features SR-71 Mach 3 Spy Plane rendezvous with KC-135Q Tanker
by Dario LeoneThe clip features a quick, practice contact in “tanker manual” configuration followed by a disconnect, in preparation for a normal contact…
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Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles, first SR-71 pilot to reach 900 hours, has passed away
by Dario LeoneLieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles was awarded the Air Medal and two Distinguished Flying Crosses one of which for saving SR-71 #960.…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The unknown story of the SR-71 aircrew that bailed out after their Blackbird struck the tail of a KC-135Q during an air refuelling over El Paso
by Dario Leone“The nose section was gone just forward of the cockpit and the canopy had caved in on me. I thought, ‘I’m…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That time an SR-71 had an inflight emergency while on a secret mission over the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War
by Dario Leone“We had no viable emergency airfields, and I did not want to be a no-notice, no–flight plan, single-engine emergency arrival at…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former SR-71 driver explains why the Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff
by Dario Leone“We had to refuel right after takeoff for only one reason, and it wasn’t because we leaked JP-7 fuel on the…
