![]() We had made the turn in Arizona and the jet was performing flawlessly. Somewhere over Colorado we had passed the century mark. We needed 100 hours in the jet to complete our training and attain Mission Ready status. It occurred when Walt and I were flying our final training sortie. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. ![]() ![]() People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. “There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. An SR-71 Blackbird once flew from LA to Washington DC in 64 minutes.
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