Thread: SR-71 Speed
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Old 01-20-2011, 12:14 AM
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Brian Shul has a great story about requesting GS from ATC in his Sled Driver book. Basically, there's a strong tail wind and requests for GS start from a Cessna, one-upmanship begins with a corporate, then a military fighter, then finally Shul's backseater requests GS for "Aspen 20". Long pause from the controller, uuuuum Aspen 20, I show 1700 knots GS. There were no other GS requests that day.
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