Defense Tech: Blackbird Drivers Strut Their Stuff
by Matt on Aug.20, 2009, under Entertainment
Defense Tech: Blackbird Drivers Strut Their Stuff.
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.
August 21st, 2009 on 1:30 pm
I remember sitting in the SR-71 Blackbird that they have at the Cosmosphere, before it was put on exhibit. I could barely fit in the cockpit, at 13 years old (and kind of svelt). The pilots would literally have to be in the cockpit for 24-48 hours at a time during their recon missions.