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Aug 6th, 2010 at 7:12am

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An SR-71 pilot told this story from his first flight with a new co-pilot(SR-71 was the USAAF advanced ’stealth’ reconnaissance aircraft known as the Blackbird): An SR-71 and crew were flying over Southern California when a bug smasher came on the airwaves in a dorky voice: Cessna 152: Ground Control, What’s my airspeed? Ground Control: 100 at FL 100. A few moments later a cocky voice came on: Mooney M20: Ground Control, What’s MY airspeed? Ground Control: 240 at FL 240. By this time the SR pilot was seething, but since communications were the duty of his new co-pilot, he remained silent. A few moments of radio silence passed, and in the calmest voice imaginable the co-pilot keyed in: SR-71: Ground Control, What’s our airspeed? Ground Control: 1875 at FL 800. There were no more speed checks called in that afternoon, and the pilot knew that he had a cool partner in the back seat.
 

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Reply #1 - Aug 6th, 2010 at 1:57pm

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Grin Sounds like fun!!!  Cool
 

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