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Originally Posted by CSchmidt
I seem to remember a story about the SR-71 when it was going to be retired - the first time. Its speed was always confidential, so they wanted to blow it out one time in public. It took off out west ( San Fran maybe?) went out over the Pacific and refueled. Then it got a running start and landed in Dulles (DC) in about 45 minutes. That is smoking.
Chuck
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Chuck, your memory is correct. The flight was just under 1 hour and eight minutes!!
Here's the link to her historic flight.
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/972record1.htm