Thread: Falling from a SR-71
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Old 11-11-2018, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by davidmash View Post
Never heard of this story before.

https://youtu.be/nRyIGTkcmII

Apparently during the testing phase of the SR-71 they were seeing what would happen if there CG was moved father back. They had a engine failure due to an unstart (see the video) and at Mach 3.1 @78k feet and the plane tore itself apart. The pilot survived, the RO did not. Pretty amazing that the pilot survived a catastrophic failure at that altitude.

Did a report on the Habu one time.. My favorite aircraft....One pilot said if anything happened with the aircraft,due to the distance the cockpit was from the rest of it all, they were the last ones to know there was a problem.


Cool link:www.habu.org - The Online Blackbird Museum


Anyone remember the aviation soap opera called 'Call to Glory'?
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