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>From Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot

As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the

question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can

be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend.

It's an interesting question, given the aircraft's proclivity for speed,

but there really isn't one number to give, as the jet would always give

you a little more speed if you wanted it to. It was common to see 35

miles a minute.

Because we flew a programmed Mach number on most missions, and never

wanted to harm the plane in any way, we never let it run out to any

limits of temperature or speed. Thus, each SR-71 pilot had his own

individual high speed that he saw at some point on some mission. I saw

mine over Libya when Khadafy fired two missiles my way, and max power

was in order. Lets just say that the plane truly loved speed and

effortlessly took us to Mach numbers we hadn't previously seen.

So it was with great surprise, when at the end of one of my

presentations, someone asked, "What was the slowest you ever flew the

Blackbird?"

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Great story mate. How fast the SR-71 can go is a neverending discussion isn't it. I don't think it can reach more than Mach 5 personally but then again, that's pretty fast.

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