Here is one of the best SR 71 stories. We loved watching them fly over at Kadena AFB in Okinawa.
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I think that was from a book called ‘Sled Driver’. It is out of print but I did find a pdf copy online once. Unfortunately I lost it in a computer swap but I hear good things about the book. I saw used print copies at time for 800 bucks.
I have read the skunkworks book too. Have it on shelf.
I saw one in Dayton. Was shocked how small it is.
I heard it passed over southern Indiana as it set the record cross country time. I heard it was a rolling sonic boom from professor. We talked about it in my ‘history of American technology’ class at VU. Cool class