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Yep. A friend of mine on the airline (retired Lt. Colonel) flew the
SR-71 operationally. He's a very quiet guy! Bill Glaze
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<br><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>In my imagination you describe
an awesome sight. I don't remember much from 1969, but I'd probably
remember that!</font></font>
<br><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>--Lance</font></font>
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<td><b><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-2>"Del Rykert" <drykert@rochester.rr.com></font></font></b>
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<p><tt><font size=-1>I loved it Bill....</font></tt>
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<p><tt><font size=-1>| Come to think of it........</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| We were abeam Bakersfield, Calif. sometime ~ 1969,
flying over a solid</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| undercast which topped out around 14K feet or so.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| LAX Center called out traffic: "United, traffic
at your 9:00 position,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| xxx miles, ground speed zero."</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| We looked at each other, wondering why the controller
would call out a</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| target with zero ground speed; the distance given
said it had to be out</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| of Edwards AFB.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| But, we looked.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| Suddenly, out of the top of the undercast, like
a rocket, came a SR-71.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| Sure enough, his ground speed was zero.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| He was going straight up, and did so until he was
no longer throwing a</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| trail that we could see. Out of sight, vertically.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| Talk about unlimited vertical!</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| We thanked the controller for us. He was
doing us a favor, I'm sure.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| We didn't even have time to tell the passengers.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>| Off subject; hope nobody minded.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=-1>| Bill Glaze</font></tt>
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