In this interview, a former SR-71 pilot Col. Buzz Carpenter Recounts Tales of SR-71 Blackbird during his service
He tells how Six Presidents used the Mighty Sr-71 Extensively because they have a great sense of confidence that it could go out and collect the information required and bring it back
He also tells us about the mission during which he was to fly through the rings of the SA-5 Air defense system. Sr-71 managed to collect information but how the SA-5 missile system actually worked
Furthermore, he tells us about the cameras mounted on SR-71. The country’s camera on SR-71 Can take a picture 72 miles wide. In 64 Minute SR-71 camera can film 1oo thousand square miles. The Film of the SR-71 itself is 100 thousand five hundred feet long and five inches wide
The Airplane loves love to fly straight and climb and accelerate. The genius of SR-71 is that the faster you went the lesser the fuel you consume
He then recalls about the Greatest sonic boom ever set up by three Sr-71 Team up together. In May 1972 Three Sr-71 took off from Okinawa Japan and simultaneously overflew Hanoi at the same time. He further added that when to talked to POWS about that they said that it scares the living day out of the guards because they never heard a Shock like that before Actually Fled
Audio Recording of SR-71 Blackbird Sonic Booms
He said that America tasked SR-71 Pilots to Flyover foreign ceremonies. To Boom heads of States when they were greeting each other to remind them that they are doing things that will counter US policy
The SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft flew missions around the globe at speeds above Mach 3 and altitudes of 85,000 feet or more.
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